NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 4004, 5 January 1892, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

miss. (By Telegraph.—Presa.Asaooiation,) London, January 2. The, Earl of Aberdeen has been appointed one of tho Woe-Presidents of the Royal Colonial Institute, dim Mr V7.H. Smith, deceased. Randolph Churchill-denies that payablo gold has been found in Maslionaland,

The deficiency in the estate of Messrs Mills, Bawtry, Dawney, and Cuzon, bankers, of Colchestor, who recently suspended payment, is £193,000.

. The year's Stock Exchange payments through the Clearing House have declined by 1850,000,000, and (he total business of the Clearing House has declined by £953,000,000. Valuable seams of eoal have beon discovered in Northamptonshire. :'■•'■ Mr H, Labonohere, M.P.; is suffering from influenza,

1 'lnfluenza is spreading rapidly in most ofiho capitals on the. Continou'.

Germany offers to arbitrate in the lispute between Chili and the United States.

January 3. The~Company wbiah' was formed to work the opal mines in Queensland will shortly gp info liquidition. The stones obtajned, from the mines'ate of inferior quality.

I In Antwerp'the death rate from [influenza is.sijty.a day. At Tienna tbj} hqspitah are unable to cope withitb'e epidemic', In Parjs, Brusiells, Hamburg, and The Hague the disease is of a virulent type. .-:•'.■'

ffestgartu's Circular prophecies that the Treasury bills placed on the London market by the Naw South Wales (|ovgriimept,"wiir be buccsbbfully disposed of."'. Y*'. ■■■'' '. ; Westgarth's Circular suggests that holders, o! Treasury Rills should have the option.of converting them, into New South Walesjnd Viotorhn inscribedßtobk.'": : .;','Y •'■ < '

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perpetrators of,the dastardly outrage atDubliu'CaitleV r '' Referring to the attempt to blow up Dublin Castle, the Irish pressdeclare that the outrage was not the work of any political party, and that it has no political significance. . One million and a qinrter worth of New South Wales Treasury Bills have been plaoed on the London market. The steamer Oroya,"'belonging to the Oiien t Line, collided with a Danish schooner in the Channel. The latter sank, and ihe captain was drowned, great difficulty being experienced in saving the other members of the crew. H.M. ships Goshawk and Thun derer have been despatched to Tan' gierß to assist in quelling the revol' which has broken out among the hill tribes.

.POREM. . lome, January 8.. A Sanitary Conference is sitting at Venice._ Eeprescniatives of Great Britain intend to bring forward a pro posal io allow British vessel*, bound to British ports unimpeded transit tlimigh the Suez L'anal. . The betrothal ol Lord Boseberry to Sir Charles Tennant's youngest daughter is announced. Paris, January 3.■Le Temps states that France concedes tho minimum tariff to Greece, Sweden, and the United States of America, they aocording Prance most favoured treatment. Hono-Konq, January 2. ■ Marauding bandß of peasantry in the north-east of China, are mass-, aoring Mongols and destroying the Temples. ■" . -' ."■ . China favours the proposal that Great Britain should seoure the Psmir district. .-.■.• •

Valparaiso, January 8. •The Chilian .Government has. promised Mr Secretary Blaine to punish tho assailants bf the United States sailow.. Thecase against, the accused is proceeding.:" ■ .-.'.; Mexico, January 3. The Government have offered fifty thousand dollars for General Garza's head. Garza is the leader of the rebel troops..

Washington, January 2. The Bill whioli Mr Springer, Chairman of Committee of Ways and Means, will introduce into the House of Assembly.providesforthe repeal of all duties on- American imported moles, excepting shoddy gameted waste, and abolishes the specific duties on wool and woollen goods, and retaining the ad valqrtm duties. • A steamboat accident ocourred on Canea River, in Columbia, and 39 persons perished. - - Ottawa,-January 8,- ■ •In the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, the Premier said that the nspiration to be independent ofCanada was hopeless without British friendship and alliance. Sir fi, Cartright observed that loyalty «vas due to Canada first, St. Petersbobo, January 2, The Czarina, who was suffarhi" from influenza, is improving. Brussells, January 2. The King of Belgians is suffering from influenza,..

Stockholm, January 2. The King of Sweeden still suffers from influenza, It is. considered likely that the King will spend the winter in South Europe. • Buda Pesth, January 8. The chief onßhier in the the davings Bunk here has embezzled om a million florins, the monies of the institution. On his defalcations being discovered lie. committed suioide.