NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4101, 30 April 1892, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

I The Reduction of Cable . j Charges,. ! Sir Henry Parks on Protecr tion, t '• Posted at Lloyds', . 9 ' (united press ASSOCIATION.) ' London, April 27. Mr J. H. Tritton, Chairman oftbe s Indo-JSuropean Telegraph l Company e (Limited), says that the business t done by the company siuoethe.rate to J the Australian colonies has been re» 1 ducedis sufficiently satisfactory to | justify the company giving that route another year's trial. In an article in the Contemporary , Review Sir Henry Parkes expresses t his unbelief in the success of Mr 8 Dibbs' barren Protection policy, the ' accounts of which have been of a J nondescript and confused character. t Sir Henry thinks that the new t tariff, which he considers is a , monstrous wanton and fruitless interi ference with the trade 6f the colony, • is certain to be repealed by the voioe ' of the people at the next general [ election. , The ship Theopliane, which left j Newcastle for Mellendo, South America, in December last, has been posted at Lloyds' as lost, 1 New lork, April 28th, ; The Central Theatre and the Tiroes' j office in Philadelphia have been , burned, Seventy persons were injured in making their escape from the - Theatre.' The damage is estimated 1 at a million dollars, Ottawa, April 28. , The Quebec Parliament opened today. In the speech from the Throne it was announced that the accounts ; for the year showed a large deficit, and that the strictest economy was imperative. Washington, April 28. President Harrison, in the course of an interview, deolared that the-Mcs Kinley tariff would tend to the continuance of national prosperity., April 28, It lias been decided that the Manning memorial shall tnke the form of a Catholic refuge for the homeless in the East End, Miss Lucy Booth is in a Critical condition owing to her betrothal with the leader of tbe Indian branch of the Salvation Army being broken Off. ; ' : The Empire Trade League has cabled congratulations to the Canadian Government. MrH, 11, Stanley will contest an English constituency at the general election in the interests of the Liberal-, Unionist party. The Berlin correspondent of the Times wires that Italy is unable to < bear the expense of the existing armaments, and seeks relief from Germany under certain conditions. He also mentions that it is quite possible that a similar petition will be made by Austria. J I Mmumm/iGE;i Experience of % New Zealand, Tftider. ; Qffjcfs and Crew Seriously t . ' Injured, , . i Hobart, April 29. The ship Laira, bound from Dun. ! edin to Freemantle, has put in here 1 for, repairs. .Sbe encoußtered exrep" j tioually heavy weather after' leaving ■■ Port phalmers, arid had to jiittieon her 1 deok tiipbep. The' chief ifficer had h|sarm broken, apinearly tWw||qle jj of the crew, were seriously' injured, The vessel.arrived wiih a very weather ? beaten appearance, 1