CABLE NEWS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4066, 18 March 1892, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

BiT&LISB. j [By Telegraph.] s (Per United Press Assooiat'on.) | London, March 16. I Hart, tho man who attempted to t steal a box of valuables from the ' London and Westminster Bank, has 1 been committed for trial. 1 Lord Roseberry has been formally | elected Chairman of the London > County Council. I Lord Roberts' tenure as Com-mandei'-in Chief in India has been j extended for a year, I The amalgamation of the Union 1 and South Australian Banks has been 1 completed, subject to ratification by ; the shareholders of the latter. The | Union Bank will not issue further | capital. ! The Court has appointed a Receiver I for six months in Muriatta's estate* ' The firm raised no objection. 1 MrsOshorno, who was sentenced to niue months' imprisonment for ; perjury in the celebrated Pearl Case, ! is suffering from epileptio hysteria in : Holloway Gaol. A relative who had ; intended to leave her £40,000 in his < will is reported to have revoked the i bequest. Irishwomen have sentin a. petition for the release of Mrs Osborne. Mr Patrick O'Brien, M;P., has introduced into the-House of Commons a Sill to remove disabilities . from. Roman Oitholics. . The House of Commons has voted £15,000 for the suppression of foot and mouth disease, the Mimsiter of Agriculture having reported that it is not yet extinct in England. The Liberal press is making vehement appeals for the reprieve of a poacher who was condemned to doath for a murder in Bucks in December, on the ground that it was committed in self-defence. The Home Seoretary however, refuses to listen to the appeal. FOREIGN. Hongkong, March 15. At the general elections in Japan the Government secured the majority of the seats. The contests were carried out with great warmth, and serious riots were of frequent occurrence,resulting in 20 persons boing killed and 120 wounded. Ottawa, March 16. The Canadian Government, has agreed to extend the modus vivendi to the Atlantic fisheries. Repriaaleon account ct the Behrings Sea dispute are looked upon with disfavour generally. Washington, March 16. The United States Cabi et are pressing for a definite settlement of the Fisheries dispute. Brussels, March 16. Several thousand pounds havo been subscribed in Belgium for the suffer, ers by the Charleroi colliery explosion The Government will introduce legislation to provide for the safety of miners, Hobart, March 17. The Postal Conference has begun. Mr Bird, Postmaster-General of Tasmania, who is presiding, expressed regret at the absence of a New Zealand representative. New York, March 16. There is considerable activity in the dockyards in San Francisco, Washington, Maroh 16, The President has ordered the duties on sugar and hides from Columbia, Hayti, and Venezuela, to be increased, in consequence of thos? Republics refusing to reciprocate under the M'Kinley tariff, Ottawa, Maroh 16. MrLaurior is retiring from the i leadership of the Opposition,