NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3996, 23 December 1891, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

ENGLISH London, December 21. Mr Geo W. Hastings, M.P. for the Eastern Division of Worcester, has been arrested on a warrant charging him with obtaining £15,000 by fraud as trustee under a will. The Times Bays that the British Bouth African Company have been deceived with regard to the value of their territory.

An extradition treaty has been signed between England and the principality of Monaco. The Financial Times says that Australian Banks are being conducted with marked prudence and success and points out that no group of securi ties yielding the same return show such a clean record.

The annual report of the New Zealand and River Plate Mortgage Agency shows that sufficient profit has been made to have allowed 5 per cent, dividend being declared, but the directors had decided that the amount should be carried to a detained dividend fund. The Times declares that the Emperor William's faith in Count von Oaprivi, the Imperial Chancellor, has been amply justified, and says that seldom has a more remarkable achievement been seen than Von Caprivi's successful arrangement of the commercial treaties, which has made Germany stronger than ever. Paws, December 2}.

The Comte de Pajis i? disbanding bis ppess; and political organisations. FOREIGN. Berlin, December 21. Several million francs hare been subscribed to erect a national monument to Prinoe Bismarck. St Petersburg, December 21. The Novosty considers it necessary for Bussia to promptly secure a commercial treaty with France. Washington, December 21. In the event of war breaking out with Chili, the United States Government will purchase the steamers Zealandia, Australia, Mariposa, and Alameda, to act as tenders to the warships defending the coast, and to assist in the transport of troops. Mr Walt Whiteman, the world famed poet, is in a oritical condition. The Secretary of State has assured General Montt, President of Chili, that he is confident tLat an amicable settlement of the difficulty will be made after a complete enquiry into the disturbance. Eio de Jaxiero, December 21. A ekirzijisb between the Federal troops and the National Guard bas taken place at Rio Grande. Valpabaiso, December 21. The Chilian Government has settled the claims made by the German and Swedish residents fov compensation for losses sustained during the late I revolution. Cajro, December 21. ! The refugees from Khartoum state that for nino years they were in ignor* ance of the events of thp world. Khartouip, they say, is in ruins, and a small force could easily capture the Soudan.