NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4038, 15 February 1892, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

" (Per United Press Association). '■'•■■' V EMIFsH. . London, February 12, The import of cattle from Denmark is prohibited.

The Russian Government has granted an additional 60,000,000 roubles for the relief of the (amine district. •

Lord Carrington, in the course of his apeeoh. at Livevpool, said the Außtialiaa colonies wore unlikely to renew tlie arrangements respecting the cruisers at the expiration of the present term. Lord Jersey writes that the idea of Pan-Britannic contests deserves the fullest consideration and discussion,

: In the fjouse of Commons, Mrljulfour moved that Mr De Oubain be allowed to attend in liis place on 23rd February, He declined to afford any protection to him pending a statement upon the charges against him, Immense fields of saltpetre have been discovered in German Africa. The Parnellites will not elect a ohairnmn, out of respect to the memory of tbeir late lender, lp tlje House of Cp'uipons Mr Chamberlain, in a brilliant speech, attaoked Mr Gladstone'* taction, which he declared were full of menace and bluster,

Sir James Pergusson, Postmaster* General, states that the charge for conveying the ludiau mails via Calais and Brindisi by speoial train 3 has been r*duced by a sum of £7300 per year. The Salonica route would be feasible,' and perhaps quicker, hut it is' not proposed to adopt it, At a meeting of the National Mortgage and Agency Company of New Zealand, Mr H. R, Grenfull (chairman) Baid the Agent»General for New Zealand had stated .that the Government diclnot irttend'to tax debentures i-Y'y VBio pk JanWo, febjuary 11, Another "revbit 'in'thi's oity is ibiniN nerit; ' ,' ''■ ■■' '■•'. •''. .''■.''

Ministers bavo resigned, and the telegraph wires are out.-- ' •

The' rebels are'reported to be rising up Egai'a in Rio 1 Grande' and Santa yatife ajid/'tq haje'''depdj6d -tjjfli Govoi'Mrs of thosefj'tites. "

Sydney, February 12,

The run on the Savings Bank of New South Wales was continued to-day, though the; excitement has lessened, and the demands on the Dank arenot so continuous. *The panic is believed to have oripinated by an anarchist haranguing a crowd of the unoniplqyei). Members of the Beamon ! B Union and qt||er seafaring men \vero arnong the first to remove their accounts, Latek. The run on the Savings Bank has ceased. : Altogether £l24,ooo'has withdrawn, Jo-day three more Banks, including the Bank nf.New Zealand, offered assistance, '