NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4027, 4 February 1892, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

February 2, AH the passeugpi-s pn board the a,a, Eider, which went aaliore on the Isle of Wight, were rescued -through the gallantry of the lifeboat clews, There were 800 passengers on board the Eider when aho struck,

The health qf Princess Victqrja 0} Took hj bjten restore^ A mutton famine is ii) Paris, owing to the great increase in the tariff.

The Pope is prostrated by a severe (Jpld,

An unsuccessful attempt was inado by an jncendjary tp burn down, the Boyal Castle at jonigsberg. 'ilje rafters of the tower were found to be saturated with ptrgleytn. Baron fliiph is favourable to the establishment of a Jewish colony in Western Australia, provided he is assured tht it will be countenanced both by the Government and the people. : '.■ v ...■ The main vlwitAi agreed to with respeottothe Behring Soa dispute will probably be renewed for a year, pending the result of arbitration. Allsttempjislo tow the H.M.S. Victoria off have so far failed, hut fhe Admiralty officials are hopeful of eventual success. . The German steamer Eider is filling, and no hopes are now entertained of Saving her, Thespejjieon tpard .the steamer Eiderw'^ckeiion tt)pts!e"Qf Wiglit, was eaved,'biitit is doubtful whether the ship can be got off. The resuscitated- firm of Baring Brothers show a profit for the year of £112,000. Fifty thousand will be carried to, reserve and a dividend of 6 per cent, declared,

Horses jn London are Buffering oxtensjv'elyjrori influenza, A severe gale has caused a number of wrecks in'the Channel, TbeJJublin Express advises tho rejection gf tjf'o' scheme of local government offered by the Tories, The Independent urges the re-union of the Irish Party. ferry, the property agent in County Clare, who was shot by three armed men, has died of his wounds, The London and Westminster Bank has issued the Western Australian loan of £260,000 at 4 per cent, eta minimum of 09. Tenders close on Monday, If the Antarctic exploration expedition, equipped by M.r David Gray, of.Peterbead, and Baron (hear Dickon, of Gothenburg, and whipb js tp tie under the command ot a son of Baron Nordenskjold, turns out a success, Baron Dickson ifl likely to send -D, Naneen to spend a year in the AnW arctio regions 01) his returo.frcm the Polar expedition. Dr, Narisen considers that the fail' ure to raise funds jn Australia f<r the Antarctic expedition was the result of bad management

• 7MQW, J; ';j Zanzibar was declared a free port, ! in the presence' of 800 merchants of all natione. The greatest enthusiasm was shown...: * ;•'-■■'•' WAsmsaMs, February 2. • K resolutiqn, was. tabled in; the House of Bepresentatives deman4jog the recall of Mr Egan from'Chili, ' : .Citcnm, February; 9.-/ . Ihe risingst Pahang, near Penang, fjsa beep'euppmaed, but tho leaden 3ed into 'the : jungle and | eac'trpod capture, ; ■ .''' ' ;