NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3886, 14 August 1891, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

ENGLISH London, August 11. The details of the robbery on board the Tainui turn out to have been greatly exaggerated. Only the steward's box was pillaged. There is a large attendance of foreign scientists at the Hygienic and Demographic Congress. So far the proceedings have been of little interest to the public. W. H. Allen and Co., publishers, have failed. The M'lvor Steamship Co., for whioh three quarters of a million capital was asked, has not been a success. The public subscribed only forty thousand, and the M'lvorp fifty thousand. The contracts are alleged to be informal, and the money is being returned to subscribers, August 12. The Rev C. H. Spurgeon has suffered a sh'gbt relapse. The Chamber of Commerce announces that a syndicate in the Argentine is subscribing the entire capital for the new National ,Bank, pn condition that the Government does not meddle with the workiDg. A somewhat remarkable case is now before the Law Courts. A Miss Coopor, 2£f years of age, spcapted an invitation from her cousin, aged 20, to visit St Pauls. A cab was was procured, but instead of going to the Cathedral the young man drove to St Grides, and terrorised his companion into marrying under threat of committing suicide with a revolver, The same day he deserted bis wife, upon finding that she had no money, and the lady is now suing to have the marriage declared null.

FOREIGN. Bkussels, August 11. A telegram received here from the Congo authorities does not confirm the story ef the revolt against the Arabs, Vienna, August 12. The Emperor cordially received the young 2isg oCServia at Iselh. After a brief visit, the latter joiDa his father at Munich, and the two then proceed to Paris. ■'• slwrfi is coromant at the action of the King of Bervrt, when in St Petersberg, refusing to re* ceive a deputation from Bulgaria, on the ground that the country was un favourable to the Czar. St- Pbxbbsbbrg, A'JS'jet U. Russia is building two ironclads oi lllpop tons m tbe Baltic. 1 Russia has forbidden the pvoposad Polish pilgrimage to the tomb of jSi Louis in Rome; '' _ The' Government has assigned 80,000,000 roubles with which to carry on relief works and the purchase of grain.

Berne, August 12. Switzerland stand 3 out of the Customs Union. Paris, August 12. . The firm of Tritse & Co. is insolvent. The Rothschilds, who are sleeping partners, lose two million florins. A fire, started by an incendiary, is raging in the fortress outside Toulon. A thousand soldiers are at work digging trenches to prevent it spreading. Paris, August 12. The Court has confirmed the sentence by which M. Turpiu was ordered to pay a fine of £2OO and undergo two years' imprisonment on the charge of selling the secret of his explosive, melinite, to Sir W. Armstrong and Co., England. Capetown, August 12. General Booth received an immense ovation on his arrival here. Berlin, August 11. Bismark's newspaper assert? that Turkey, at the instigation of France, baa declined to endorse the Treaty of 1887 regarding Egypt. The paper commends Lord Salisbury's attitude. The Grand Duke Alexis for bide a display of French and Russian flags from his hotel, and refused an ovation at Vichy. The Grand Duke Alexis had a popular reception on making his first public appearance in Paris. The crow cried out "Vive la Russe!"

Washington, August 11. Several deaths from sunstroke are reported from various parts of the country. During the year 54,C00,0000is of Silver has been purchased by the State under the new silver law but even this has failed to maintain prices. The United States Government has contracted for 100 high-power guns, at a cost of three and a half million dollars. The cruiser Charleston has arrived at S&n Francisco, whence she will depart for China. Mr Lowell's case is almost helpless.