NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3856, 13 July 1891, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

ENGLISH. London, July 10. The authorities of Cambridge and Oxford decline to abandon their special jurisdiction over the townsfolk.

An application for a summons against Mr Samuel Storey, M.P., for alleged perjury, has been dismissed.

The London School Boards have decided to abolish school fees in the event of the Free Education Bill becoming law. The promotion of limited liability companies in England during tbe present year shows a remarkable contrast with the first six months of last year. The capital of companies floated during the latter period was £185,000,000; during the present year only £68,000,000. The Times, Standard, Advertiser, St. James' Gazette, and Globe, call the Carlow election a Papal victory, and denounce the returning power of the priesthood. Mr Balfour is ongag°fl on a scheme of education for Ireland. In the House of Commons to-day, Sir James Fargusson, Political Secretary of the Foreign OJSce, denied that England was in any way associated with the Triple Alliance. England, he said, had merely exchanged views with Italy with the object of maintaining peace in Europe, and the status quo in the Mediterranean. FOREIGN.

Washington, July IC.

An English syndicate propose to construct a canal to connect Chicago with the East Coast, and thus form a continuous waterway to England. The Great Lakes will be utilised en route. A million sterling has already been subscribed, and ten suitable steamers are being built.