CABLE NEWS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4229, 28 September 1892, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

London, September 2G. It is officially announced that tfa Murquis of Ripon supports the New* Zealand Ministry in the dispute with the Governor, and directs Lord Glasgow to appoint the members of the Legislative Council as desired by the Government. ' The Secretary of Stale for the Colonies, in his decision respecting the New Zealand Legislative Council appointments, does not censure Lord Glasgow for tho position he took lip. He considers that his attitude ii partly on the lines followed by Lord Onslow, but advises him that the demands of the Cabinet should be fully met.

Washington, September 26. Count Millenburg, of Bavaria, while on a visit to Philadelphia, shot himself with a revolver in a bathroom which was filled with gas. Lore troubles were the cause.

Ottawa, September 2G. A Toronto lady accidentally fell from the suspension bridge over the Niagara Eiver, but her feet were caught in the lowest girder, anijdip hung there, in imminent peril of till rescued by an Irish olergynian who was on the bridge. . ' St. Petersburg, September 27, During the,army manoeuvres at Tonnjbroa a gun burst and wounded a number of soldiers. The Czar and Czarina personally [assisted the sufferers, the latter nursing the man who was most hurt, and afterwards accompanying him to the hospital. .. Sydney, September 2L Neilson (lOsec) won his heat in the Sculling Tournament against Kemp (7sec). Towns (18seo handicap) did the fastest time on record, viz., 17min 46$?eo. Neilson (lOsec) rows Oroese (lOseo) in the final heat. Towns, Kemp, and Roberts.(lssao). row for the third and fourth prizes, Great damage was oaused to crops and stock by the floods in the Bathurst and Dubbo districts. Brisbane, September 26. F. Horrooks, the young man cork victed of murdering a new miw named Weismuller, suffered the extreme penalty of the law to-day. He showed no signs of fear, and walked to the gallows with a firm tread. Death was instantaneous. Melbourne, September 26. The Crown Law Officers are making enquiries into the peculiar statement made by the woman Parker, and it is understood that a sensational conspiracy case will be the result. The appeal in the case of Clarke and Taylor, oonvioted of embezzling money belonging to the Land Credit Bank, has been dismissed.