CABLE NEWS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4289, 8 December 1892, Page 3

CABLE NEWS.

London, December 6, The signalman by whose neglect induced by want of sleep, the fatal railway accident atThirsk was caused, was convicted of manslaughter, Tho -Jftdgo merely sentenced him to come up for sentence when called upon. Fred Leßlie, the Gaiety actor and singer, is seriously ill with typhoid fever. Medium combing wools have declined 5 per cent. Competition is weaker all round, and Australian woolisat74dto9d, December, 6. It is stated that tho report of Lord Ohblow's committeo will be favourable to General Booth, The members find there bas been no wrongful use. of money entrusted to the Salvation ArmySidney, December G, A Reputation, inoluding 81 memhereof .Parliamont, presorted a petition to tin." 1 Miuister of Justice to-day, asking for tt 1 " remission of tho sen. tencoon the leaders ot the Broken Hill strike. 1?>8 Minister made a vigorous reply, saving ue did notcon " eider tho sentences' excessive. Tho men took the law i'o'o tlieir own hands, and he declined to treat them |fferently from others ™o M Men the law. It iwulo* » e tt {i f e to' release them after ser' v,M ! fiv ° weeks only. Their offence demanded something more than a . lively nominal punishment, The wheat harvest is expected. *° reach 7,176,000 bushels, with 8" average of IG| bushels to the acr. the highest on record. It is estimated that 7,250,000 bnsheh will be required for consumption, and 620,000 for seed purposes, There has been a heavy fall in silver shares. The Propriety dropped 15s, and Block Ten 12s 6d, Melbourne, December 0. The body of a hospital patient will shortly be exhumed. There i'b suspicion that the limbs found at Ha)Wthorn were remowdftoffl ft ' J

Washington, December 0. A Bill ling been introduced into Oongresa to suspend immigration into the United States for one your. There is a strong demand from manufacturers in tho United States that Mr Cleveland, the Presidentelect, should cull an extra session of Congress, so that the Froo Wool Bill may he passed without delay. London, December G.

The, Cricket Council is arranging for an international contest, to take place in July and August next year. The principal counties and Uni verstties aro asking for dates for matches with tho Australian Eleven. The proposed fixtures at present include the following:—May, Lord Sheffield, Yoik, Warwick, Surrey; June, Middlesex, Gloucester; July, Leicester, Derbyshire i August, Kent, Somersetshire.

The doaih is nnnmuiofid of (lie Right Eev, Dr. Charles Wordswarlh, Bishop of St. Andrews, Dunkeld, and Duiublane, aged BG.

Tho Times has published a long article on Australasian produce in the English markets, giving tho history and the present dimensions of the buttor, fruit and mutton trades, which it says are doing more to bind the colonics to Great Britain than any Imperial Federation scheme yot projected.

The sales of Scotch and English cadlo nro tho lowest for many years, ami this is attributed to the overstock of New Zealand and American frozen meat.