NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3981, 5 December 1891, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

SKCtLXSH. London,: December 2. The Liverpool City Oounoil has reßolved'to open its picture gallery .to the public on Sundays. Influenza is increasing in Sootland. Apropos to the question of prece* dence on the Australian station raised by Admiral Lord Charles Scott, the Admiralty advise Lord Kuutsford that it is open to objection to give loci! naval officers relative rank. The precedence of Imperial officers engaged in the colonial navy or army should remain unchanged ,fcy local ranks. ' # !

The Times supports the petition from New Zealand asking Cambridge University to grant some degree for women which can be taken up in New Zealand.

December, 3. - The death is announced of Bishop Perry, of Melbourne. Lord Combermere was run over by a cab in London to-day and killed., The Government intend to compensate the sufferers by the sinking of the fishing smacks at Portsmouth, for which Lieuc Freemantle was court* martialled.

Messrs M'Carthy and Henley are suing Mr Monroe, banker in Paris ( for tho recovery of thefunds deposited in his bank by the late Mr S. C. Par* nell. '

The Countess of Russell's sister, nurse and servant partly confirmed her statements regarding the cruelty she was subjected to -by her husband. Sir Charles Busseli, who is appearing for the respondent, addressed the Court, declaring that the quarrel between the parties arose over the Countess' debts, and that the cruelty said to have been used by the bus? band was a delusion arising from hysteria. Counsel also said thit separation was only desired in order to better the Countess' monetary position.

On leaving the Court Earl Russell, the respondent, was booted by a crowd which had collected outside the building. Ottawa, December 3.^ Arnold, of the Publio Works De* partment, has been committed for trial ; in connection with the recent corruption charges. Paris, December 2. Dotu Pedro, the deposed of Brazil, caught a chill, and is in such ut critical state that his relatives havq been summoned. . Paris, December §. The plant and goodwill of the Sociele dee Metaux was submitted to auction, and realised 18,000,000 fvanqg, Behun, December 3. The German Government has voted a sum of 900,000 marks for the pur« pose of laving thorough tion at the World's Fair in Chicago, Smyrna, December 8. By a fire in Aidin 200 houses and two synagogues were destroyed. Hongkong, December 3. The Chitaeae Government denies that priests were murdered at Taku. The rebels are not Mongols, but are members of Chineso Secret societies. The Government allege that the atrqeities at Tuku Wore coi&mlttift by* fi'band of some 1500 mirauddrsl who'were prompted by' the desi'ro of V plunder, and declare that the accounts qf tlje outrage tytve beet} greatly exaggerate Buossbw, Decombcr {J.

Private telegrams received in tho city Btate that priests connected with Tutu missions were not massacred, bat escaped to the mountains.