NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3888, 17 August 1891, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

ENGLISH. London, August 13. The Hon. Mr Fortesque is publishing auother article on Australia in the Nineteenth Century. The Powers have addressed a fresh note to China on the subject of the rftcent disorders.

The forest fires round Toulon are still raging. The Hygienic Congress has passed a resolution in favour of cremation is the most rational means of disposing of their dead, especially ia cases of contagious diseases and battlefields. 1 he Government was urged to introduce legislation on the subject. Dr A. Thompson, of Sydney, has been "commanded" to appear at Osborne. Sir Saul Samuel declares that no definite offer to take up a loan for New South Wales at 97 has been made, and the alarm of the brokers ia therefore groundless.

The general opinion in the city is that a public loan of a million and a half would be readily taken up at 97. Stocks have recovered to-day, the forwarding movement being due to the belief that the intention, if any, to effect a private issue, has been abandoned. The sudden squall on 'Change has now collapsed. August Id, Drs Thompson (Sydney) and Bowen (Melbourne), representatives to the Hygienic Congress, were invited to lunch at Osborne to-day, and bad an audience with the Queen. In a paper read before the Hygienic Congress to-day it was stated that fully 19,000 leaths from cancer had taken place in England last year. La a paper read at the Colonial Institute, Mr D. Morgan declared it was uncertain who discovered Australia and when.

Baron Hirsch has completed the [purchase of land in the Argentine Republic for the settlement of Jewish refugees. The price is said to be a million and a half sterling. He will probably arrange for further settlements in Asia Minor. . Her Majesty the Queen cabled to President Harrison a message of sympathy at the death of the Hon. Russell Lowell.

FOREIGN. Paris, August 14. The forest fires at Toulon have been smothered.

St Petersburg, August 14. The new naturalisation law requires the knowlege of Russian. Secret orders received at Moscow will have the effect of expelling every Jew from Russia. Berne, August 14. The Geographical Conference now sitting here has passed a resolution expressing sympathy with Mr Stanley. The Congress recommends the adoption of the English prime meridian. Paris, August IS. The Patriots' League organised an ovation in honour of the Grand Duke Alexis on his departure from Vichy. The Republican leaders are indignant at the effusive displays towards Russia and the Grand Duke. August 14. The Mayor of Vichy welcomed the Grand Duke Alexis as High Admiral of the brave Russian fleet. Valparaiso, August 14. The insurgents hailed with great enthusiasm the arrival of a vessel at Iquique, which brought them 7000 rifles.

New Tore, August 13. The deck of a pleasure barge in New York harbour, upon which 800 excursionists were dancing, gave way owing to the supports being rotten. Eight women, four children and two men were killed and thirty others injured.

August 14. All sealing vessels have been notified to leave Behring Sea. Calcutta, August 14. The Senapati and Tongal General were publicly hanged to-day. The French Colonial Department intend to organise another large expedition to Lake Tchad. Dalziel's Agency states that England settles 60G0 Crofters, all members of the Naval Reserve, at Vancouver, as the nucleus of a force in case of an emergency in the Pacific. Vienna, August 14. In the house occupied by the Scbnieders, who were arrested on a charge of decoying and murdering servant girls, were found six trunks containing clothes, identified as belonging to missing domestics. Sixteen girls have been lost during the past month. Ottawa, August 18. Sir H. Langevin says his resignation is a mere matter of form, and he does not intend to retire from the Dominion Government. August 14. The Government has accepted a motion to the effect that the acceptance by Ministers of gifts from contractors and others is opposed to the common weal. Sir H. Langevin has admitted asking Peters, a contractor, and M'Greevy for election expenses. His examination has now closed, and is generally considered to have damaged his position.