NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4111, 12 May 1892, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

English, . London, May. 10, A bust of the late Sir J. Mac« donnld, the Canadian statesman, 1 has been erected in St. Paul'B, The Rev. Mr Woods was elected Secretary, and Mr Albert Spioer Chairman, of the Congregational Union. Scott's oyster house, Piccadilly, has been burned, and four lives lost, Lord Justice Sir H. O. Lopes declares that there is a vast amount of collusion in undefended divorce cases, and he is determined to exact the fullest proof in future, Lord Boseberry has given notice to resign the chairmanship of ths L6n« don County Council, The leading aotors are opposed to the County Council having control of places of amusement. May 11. An amendment to the Small Holdings Bill in favour of compulsorj leasing was defeated, The Rev. Mr' Woods, at a meeting of the Congregational Union, admitted that he was greatly indebted to Dykes General sympathy was expressed foi him, and the Rev. J, Parker was hissed, At the Colonial Institute to-day, Mr W. B, Perceval, Agent General for New Zealand, declared that the Colony he represented offered a sate field for investment, and was rapidly developing weath. He defended the finanoial legislation of the Government, and deaied that the Labour Party in theHouseofßepresentatives had advocated con6acation or repudiation. Ho thought statesmen hac exhibited timidity in preparing Imperial Federation. Foreign, Washington, May 10. A telegram to the' Philadelphia Press gives particulars of a tragedy al Hosogilos, in Mexico. ' A girl who had been jilted chloro formed her lover and his bride while they were taking, their siesta, and cul

out their tongues, Sho then stabbed to the heart the officer who was sent to arrest her, but was eventually captured, May 11. The Senate endorsed the arrangement made with the lonian Line of steamers for securing the City of New York and City of Paris as war cruisers, besides five other fust steamers, in the event of. war, ' The President'a friends allege that 1 he has secured a majority amongst the ' Republican delegates.