NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4263, 7 November 1892, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

London, November i _ Mrs Leador obtained £SOO damages in the jewel case, Morton Tavares, awall-known actor, has instituted an action for slander, claiming £SOO damages, against Mrs Wiso, who formerly travelled and acted with him in Australia. The bankrupt estate of James Alexander, of Alexander, Eedfern, & Co,, shows a deficit £166,268. It will probably realise not more than thiol shillings in the 2. J& The Queen has Bent a message of condolence to the sufferers in tho Thirsk railway accident. . The signalman on duty at the time of the accident has been suspended. Ho admits that he foreshowed the disaster, but is not willing to accept the deoisioa that it was owing to his being refused relief. His mind, ho says, was confused. He recollects tho express passing, and then all is a blank. The officials do not deny the stato tnentof the signalman that he had asked for relief, being exhausted owing ,to hiokneaa in bis ' ! The Chronicle, commenting on, the

matter, consders that those refusing to grant the signalman relief should be placed on trial for manslaughter, It adds that tho case ia one of the most revolting cruelty. Tho Daily Chronicle considers that the lesson taught hy tho sontence passßcd by Judgo Wiudeyer on Francis Abigail, late managing director of tho Australian Banking Company, will Jiavo a much-needed efleot, and hopes ▼ that the justice of it will meot with the universal approval of colonists. Tho financial press generally approve tho sentenco. Sydney, November 5. The police are excavating tho promises previously occupied by tho Makins. Tho ages of the children whoso bodies have been discovered range from two weeks to sis months. Pabis, November 4. Tho French Courts have awarded Mr Edward Deacon, who shot his wife's paramour, the custody of tho children, and recognised his right to apply for a criminal divorce: Sydney, November 4. The Makin case promisoß to be ono of the most sensational babyfarming cases ever unearthed iu the colony, The polioo havo discovered the parents of ono of the murdered children.