CABLE NEWS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4065, 17 March 1892, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

EHQLISS. [By Telegraph.] (Per United Press Association,) London, Maroh 15. A Royal Commission has been appointed ]o enqairointo the position of the London water supply. It'is reported {Bat the Bank of South Australia will be absorbed by fhe Union Bank, shareholders receiving one shar.fi in the Union for live in their own Bank, The miners in South, Staffordshire and Bast Worcestershire have resumed work, The Durham poal owners have issued a manifesto disclaiming responsibility for the strike, The North Esßt'em Railway Com* pany p fakjpg off 2QO trains from their, seryice, ""•« Miners' federation' is refusing 1110 •- •"" v tho pumps, goi to allow men to wui-. •-«,«, it is feared that some of the nw. will be flooded out, Lord Hampden is in a critical eta e of health, Obituary lord Hampden, exs Speaker of th ; |.ftpu'se of Commons. Signor Alberto Bandegger has obtained a divorce from his wife, IJay* den Coffin, the well-known singer, was the co-respondent. Mr J. W. Lowtber, Political Secretary to the Foreign Office, stated in the House oi Commons that an action would be brought against the French police for the wrongful arrest and imprisonment in Paris of tho brothers Purdil, two Englishmen, It was a grave matter, and be trusted the French Government would pay compensation, and guarantee to prevent the recurrence of suoh an incident,

It has transpired that legacies amounting to £750,000 arc duo to Queen Victoria and her daughters, from the Guelph Fund.' There is a fortnight's supply of coal in London, The press praises the manifesto issued by the Durham colliery owners, , The Daily News urges that 'the royalties on coal mines, which amount to £6,000,000 per annum, so overload tho operations as to become a legalised system of blackmuil. The Scotch steel manufacturers have given notice of a 10 per cent, reduction in wages. Mr Trengrouse, the butter expert, in the course of an interview, said that colonial factory made butter was equal to'the best in London. He predicted a rapid expansion of the trade, being of opinion that the doinandwill double every year, New Zealand butter at present was mostly of average to interior quality, He recommended the use of vegetable parchment packing. POBEIGN. Washington, March 15, Ex President Cleveland is willing to stand aa the Democratic candidate for the Presidency. Singapore, March 5. The rioters at Kaub Pahaog have renewed hostilities, They seized the fort, and captured among others, Mr Bibhy, an Australian miner, but afterwards released him. Zanzibar, March 14, Messrs King and Watson, of the African Lakea Company, were wounded in the attack on Fort Johnston. Ten Sikha wore killed, and a number wounded during the engagement,