NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4059, 10 March 1892, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

[united press association,] ENGLISH. ! " . London, March 8, Berry, tbe hangman, lms resigned in conaequenoe of a horrible scene which occurred at on execution whore the doctors fixed the lenqth of drop in opposition to the expressed views of Barry, and theexocutiou was bungled Mr W. B, Perceval, Agent»Qeneral for New Zealand, will read a paper before the Colonial Institute in May, The German Lloyds steamer Eider, which went ashore at tholsleof Wight, has been floated ofi. Sir Win. Robinson, Agent-General for Western Australia, is suffering from a severe attack of typhoidal malaria. During tbe past month the British imports increased £1,555,000, while the exports decreased 11,141,000, Messrs Wolf (Conservative) and Sir Wm. Charley (Liberal] have been nominated for the Belfast seat, declared vacant owing to Mr Do Cobain declining to go to England to meet tbe charges of immorality preferred against him, The Pall Mall Gazette states that the Eaot and experience of Lord Carrington would make him an ideal ebnirmaa of the London County Council, '! The Temperance party helped the Liberals in the elections, and the publicans tbe Torios, The Times asserts that the Moderates were practically nowliero, The Standard alleges that faddism iefeated common sense, and will pot beliovf) that it indicates tho result o ihe general election. The Chronicle considers it is the )pening of a new age, The Daily Telegraph says London s determined to tax the ground landords, Tbe Daily News declares t'lat liiaat Mid South have been almost completely tnd North and Central largely, capured by the Liberals, Ttie Morning Post says the defo'nt loes not admit of any disguise of the act that domestic government has ' leeu degraded by the Liberal eloction nachino, Mr John Burns received the argeat vote, Lord G, Hamilton, replying to a luestion asked by Mr O'Connor it be House of Commons, stated thai he vessels of the Anxiliary Squadror ad not been tried to their maximim raught, as it was feared damage light result to the boilers, They ad, however, been put to a trial diich exceeded the draught specified ) the contract.*

March 8. Diiring tbe discussion of the War Estimates, Mr Stanhope expressed regret that the local Governments con-cerned-had not seen their way. to undertake the necessary works at King George's Sound and in Torres Straits. The gun» for tho fortifications were ready. He' also complained ol the apathy of the Canadian Government ia neglecting the defences of Esq'uimault. During a discussion in the House of Commons on the War Estimates, Mr E, Stanhope, Secretary of State for the War Department, 'mentioned that the trial of smokeless powder had been attended with success, and the wiiole of the forces were to be armed with modern; weapons. The defences of coaling stations were practically completed, and the, eubmarino mines provided throughout the, Empire afforded an effective defence, which, could be increased on short notice, He also stated thatthe comforts of new barracks would ten d to induce the enlistment of recruits'

-v March 8. : | The Duke of Argyle has been created a Duke of the faulted Kingdom. Hitherto he has wt in the House of Lords as Baron Sundridge and Hamilton only. POREM. Berlin, March 8. The Grand Duke of Hesse is in a comatose state. _ Washington, Maroli 8. Mr Springer, Chairman of the Committeee of Ways and Means, is better.: New York, March 7. The New York Herald asserts that the Marquis of Salisbury is simply endeavouring to ascertain Mr J. G. Blaine's idea re tlio Behring Sea fishery dispute.