NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3904, 4 September 1891, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

ENGLISH.

London, September 1

Chief Justice Way, of Aus-1 tralia, speaking at the Oriental Congress in the Middle Temple, stated that Oriental studies were likely to be pursued in the Australian colonies, owing to the nearness of the East, and the growing interest taking in learning by the colonists. Owing to the increase in the price of grain, the London bakers have advanced the price of the quartern loaf Jd. Arrangements are being made for a good collection of English pictures being sent to Launceston Exhibition. Severe south and westerly gales have been experienced in the Channell, and several wrecks are reported.

The Australian and New Zealand Mortgage Company declare a dividend of 4 per cent, tor the year. September 2.

Her Majesty the Queen will pay a visit to the German Emperor at Stolzenfels on the Rhine next spring. She was entertained there by the King of Prussia in 1845. The river Barrow, in Lienster, Ireland, has overflowed its banks and submerged thousands of acres. The Times states that if France wishes England to remain in the occupation ot Egypt, she should assist Russia to open the Dardanelles.

FOREIGN. Vienna, September 2. A heavy landslip in tha Tyrol is creating an immense lake, which threatens to divert the course of the river DraveCapetown, Septembor 2. " General" Booth has sailed for Australia.

Berlin, September 2, •German experts consider that small calibre magazine rifles minimise the advantage of artillery in battle, and that it will be necessary to invent a new description of cannon. Parh, September 2. The head of one of the Public Departments has been arrested on a charge of stealing £40,000. Bucharest, September 2. Thedangerou3 illness of the Queen of Roumania is stated to have been brought about owing to hysteria, resulting from trouble over Miss Varesco's betrothal to the Crown Prince.

Vienna, September 2.

The Ntue Freie Press declares that if Franc* buys Russia's friendship by conniving at the destruction of the most successful clause of the Treaty of Paris, Europe is on the eve of very serious complications, for the Great Powers are unanimous in the determination to resist such a course.

St. Petersburg, September 2. The export of horses from Russia will probably be forbidden. Ottawa, September 2. A warrant has been issued for the arr«Bt of Mr A. Eenecal, Superintendent of Printing, on a charge or illegal practice in connection with the Government Printing and Stationery Department. Several witnesses have testified before the Committee as to the corruption existing in the printing bureau.

Constantinople, September 2. The Italian Railway Inspector, who was kidnapped by brigands in Salonica, has been released. The wife and son of the Greek advocate, who were kidnapped by brigands at Janina, Epirus, in European Turkey, were released on payment of £2OOO. New York, Semptember 2, Mails are now carried from Japan to New York in 13 days. A new cible has been laid from the United States to Brazil.