NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3894, 24 August 1891, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

BNGLISS. [UNITED PRESB ASSOCIATION.] London, August 20. Burston, the cyclist, after returning from Norway, proposes a ride of 2500 miles through England and Wales. Arthur Robert Nicholls, the author, has committed suicide.

The subscriptions to M'lvor's Company have been returned. The s.s. Rutbenia will only trade to Bombay. The projected duel between Dr Tanner and Captain Ficard ended in mutual apologies. The exact cause of the quarrel was a remark by the Irish M.P. that- he supposed it was only Prussians who could make the French open their windows. The Duke of Connaught went on board the Admiral's ship and welcomed tho French fleet, which consists of seven vessels. Her Majesty the Queen and Princesses Louise and Beatrice, received the visitors at Osborne.

Later in the day the officers were welcomed by those attached to the English fleet. The reception accorded the French fleet at Spithead has induced a better tone in the French press, and leading newspapers consider that Lord Salisbury is endeavoring to demonstrate that England is free from political ties.

The officers of the French ieet dined at Osborne to-day. The Queen reviews the fleet to-morrow, and in the evening the officers dine with the Admiral the Earl of Clanwilliam, K.CB.

Stormy weather at Spithead interferes with the popular ovation. The French press are gratified at the reception of the fleet. ' The Dress of Berlin views the reception with calmness. Mr Gladstone has made an equivocal answer to the charges of Mr Parnell. It is believed that the rumoured secret issue of a million and a half loan by the New South Wales Government was chiefly the result of intrigue and jobbery by unscrupulous financial agents. The brigands demand a ransom of £2OOO for the ItaUau Inspector of Railways captured near Salonica; otherwise, he will be put to death.

FOBEXCW. Buenos Ayres, August 21. The population in the city has decreased by ISO.OOO since last Census. It is believed that the rise in the Argentine stock is artificial. Sr Petersburg, August 21. Many of the peasantry in the province of Kasan are dying of starvation. The unfortunate people have been reduced to feed on grass and porridge. Vienna, August 21. A new military problem is to be tried at the Austrian autumn manoeuvres, and precautions are beiug taken to exclude outsiders. Constantinople, August 21. A thousand deaths from sholera are reported in Arabia and Syria. Vienna, August 21. Farther floods hayetoccurred in the Tyrol, occasioning gre'at destruction of houses and other property. Rome, August 21. A league of murderers like the Mala Vita has been discovered at Bari on the Adriatic. The chiefs were captured by soldiers after a desperate struggle. Port-au-Prince, August 21. A Haytian warship was among the vessels lost in the Martinique hurri-. cane. Paris, August 20. Later information confirms the destruction of seven vessels at St. Pierre, in Martinique, West Indies. Altogether 13 vessels were swamped. The dispute between Dr Tanner and Captain Pieard, arose, it appears, through the doctor grumbling about the heat of the room, when Captain Pieard demanded the withdrawal of the expression, which Dr Tanner refused to do.

Berlin, August 20. Baron Nerkerch murdered his mistress and then committed suicide. An imposing ceremony was celebrated at the first exposure of the "Holy Coat ; ' at Treves, and the town s full to overflowing with pilgrims.