NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 397, 26 November 1891, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

ENGLISH. London, November 23. Dr Evan Evans, Master of Pembroke College, is dead. H.M.S. Swinger has arrived at Plymouth. She was hove-to for fortyfire hours in a gale oS Gibraltar. The uniform rate of a halfpenny for every two ounces on books, newspapers and patterns, between Great Britain and the colonies, comes into operation in January.

In a letter General Booth states that the opposition in Australia to his project for forming oversea colonies is confined to the godless classes and scbismaticß.

The National Union of Conservatives is meeting at Birmingham, Lord Salisbury being air.orag those present. It was decided that all Unionists should defend the Welsh Church, and representation in tbe three Kingdoms on a population basis.

FOREIGN. Cairo, November 24. Colonel Wissmann is lying seriously ill in this city. Teheran, November 24. Exiles on the Persian frontier are on the verge of starvation. Capetown, November 24.

Sir Henry Loch is supporting a movement here to assist the Jewish fugitives, and has subscribed to the fund. Calcutta, November 24. Bain-making experiments on an extensive scale have been carried out east of Calcutta. Explosives were fired at a height of 600 ft, but failed to bring down rain. It is proposed to partly abolish troopships, and to arrange with the steamship companies to transport troops in the future. A cyclone destroyed the town of Chaiga and Bandou, in Siam, three hundred persons being killed. Vienna, .November 24. During October 30,000 persons were attacked by influenza. St. Pehsrsberg, November 24. An enormous number of Jews were baptised at Warsaw to avoid banishment. ' New York, November 24. A cyclone and waterspout struck the City of Washington, killing seven people. A. gasometer was struck by lightening and burnt to the ground. A balustrade on White House was blown down, and went crashing through the roof of the building. The damage in the city is estimated at a hundred thousand dollars. Baltimore also Buffered severely the cyclone. Bto pe Janeiro, November 23. A rising has broken out here against General Fonseca, who has abdicated. General F. Peixoton, the VicePresident, along with the temporary Government, which succeeded in the dethroning of the Emperor Dom Pedro, are at the head of affairs. November 24. Brazilian 5 per cents fell 1 per cent, General Fonseca was surprised at the revolt, and complied with the de« mand that he should resign peaceably in order to avert a civil war, and prevent a panic in the city. The army is quiet. The Cabinet has resigned. The seige of. the city by th > navy has been raised, and the populace are rejoicjng at the close of the reign of terror. It is expected that the entire country will repogpise Gentral Peixpton, the Vice-President, as chief of the Government. Sydney, November 'll. The court martial in connection with the accident to H.M.S. Boomerang found that Mr Gowder, :bief engine-room artificer, was to blame, and he was reduced to the rank of engine-room artificer aud his record foi long-service medal forfeited. In defence he urged that the accident was caused by great pressure of steam, and he-alleged that one engineer let cold water into the boiler while 1 red hot. the' leading stoker,' will also be'tried ih connection with the same acc'idjen't.