CABLE NEWS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4228, 27 September 1892, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

London, September 25, Mr Allen, Secretory of the Marriage Law Reform Association, in a letter to the Times, agitatea in favour of marriages lawfully celebrated in one province being accouutod valid within the Empire, At a meeting of tho Evicted Tenants' Association ut Cnrk, a demand was mado for a grant of a quarter of a million to support tenants, in default of reinstatement, The speakers hinted at the danger of civil war unless the demand whs acceded to. An English man-of-war has been ordered to Vladivostok to enquire into tho circumstances attending the seizure of English sealers, San Francisco, September 25. A company of Calilornian fruitgrowers has taken up 8,000 acres at the irrigation seltlementof Mildura, in Victoria,

London, September 25, News has been received that serious labour riots have taknn place in St, Thomas, one of tho Virgin Islands, West Indies, belonging to Denmark, The mob ovorpowered the troops, sacked the houses of the leading citizens, and maltreated women, A large number of residents sought refuge on board the ships lying in harbour, Reinforcements were sent from St, Oroix, and quelled the disturbance. Lisbon, September 25, A syndicate has made an offer to expend £15,000,000 on railways and harbour works in Portuguese Africa, London, September 25. The marriage of Prince l'Vrdinand of Eoumania and Princess Marie of Edinburgh will take place on 10th January atSiginaringen, on tho Upper Danube, Sydney, September 2G. It is stated that the coal-miners ure prepared to stand out for six months longer,