CABLE NEWS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4312, 6 January 1893, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

London, January 4, The Heine in France, and the Thames in England, are frozon over in many parte. At Market-Harborough, a cricket matuh was played on the ice, ancl there was heavy scoring. Great Britain agrees to guarantee to Italy the cost of transport of tha Brindisi mails to the extent of £20,000. . !V - Tid Financial Times refers to the inoroase of £1,700,000 in' deposits in ihe Bank of New South. Wales as evidence that investors prefer to inveßt money in sound institutions. , The Dewar of Mysore hps,been oreated a Knight Grand Stsir dfiiidia. Delegates representh<jL'3oo,ooo members of the Miner's Federation of Great Britain will discuss fkreight hours question at Birmingl!|f pn Monday. It is reported that in Mr Gladstone's Homo Rule Bill the proposed Irish contribution to the Imperial taxation will be fixed in the proportion of oneeighteenth of that of Great Britain (instead of one fifteenth, as in the former Bill), the number of Irish members in the House of Commons to be 82, instead of Irish members being excluded, the latter provision having bten most strenuously objected to in the Bill of 1886. The proportion of one-filteenth has been objected to by the Irish Nationalists, Mr Tim Healy declaring at a recent meeting'that, such proportion was too high, and would not be accepted by the oouutry.

The statement that the Irish police are being disarmed is officially denied. The libel action brought by Mr 5, J. O'Kelly against Major Le Carott has been abandoned.

Sir W. V. Hareourt, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Mr A, J, Mun» della, President of tho Board of Trade, will receive on the 25th instant an important deputation (including the Agents-General of the Colonies) in favour of the adoption of the decimal system in 'coinage and weights and measures.

The World mentions the Bight Hon, George Osborne Morgan, Q. 0., Liberal member for Denbighshire, Wales, as the new Governor for Tasmania, ■ j The Admiralty stranding of H.M.B. BootHH| Spanish Coast has conoludeUgjH Court found that the sailing direction!! issued to Captain A. P, Hastings, commander of the vessel, were'oniy safest high tide, and that Bear-Ad-miral Fairfax was not responsible for the accident.

The Daily Telegraph's Vienna correspondent telegraphs thai the lata John Domiuis, consort of the Queen of tho Sandwioh Islands, was in early life an Austrian sailor, who married a woman of Dalmatia, Austro-Hun-gary, and that his widow intends to olaim Liliukilani'a property at tho! is* lands,

NewYokk, January 4. Twolvo Unionists lisvo been arrested on suspicion of being connected with the poisoning at Carnegie's works, j • Sx. Petersbbbg, January 4. Several provinces are threatened with famine, and the Government aro arranging to distribute immense quantities of rye. Thousands of destitute peasants who attempted to cross the frontier into German territory were compelled to - WRjinuary 3, A. fierce battle wamtightat Ambi* gol between the Dervishes and the Egyptian troops. The latter wore repeatedly charged by the Dervishes, who lost heayily, and eventually beat a retreat. One British officer and 46 Egyptians were killed. January 4. Later particulars of tho engagement show that Egyptian cavalry surprised the Dervish cavalry and infantry at Ambigol wells, the latter being greatly superior in number. Fierce hand to hand fighting took place. ' The loss on the British side included. Captain Pyne, of the Dorsetshire Regiment, and one major of Egyptian troops. Fifty of the Egyptian cavalrymen left dead defeat Madrid, JafHHB) A meteorite of fallen in Pazaldez, and fIEBB Commission has gone outfll^H| n 'St. ' Petersburg, Js9BH| General Tchernaif sayeHHBH popular of all Russian vfIHH " the coming war with G|HHH . Melbourne, jHBHH Influenza is again. and a large number SgjBBM telegraph, officials have " Dr.Cresswell prediota thill pleraepidemio to tflHHfl anil irises the cJi.Wite pre.Qautionß^HHH

B, i°." meetcbair- . The Secretary read the report of the Works Coaasittee. It wag decided to hold a special mcoling on tho Cemetery ground, to consider tbo Works Committee's report, Crown Gum. A letter was received from the Land and Survey Department stating that a Crown grantwas not necessary as the title was provided for in the Cemeteries Act, Mr Payton considered tliey should obtain a grant. They had a right to it. It tba Ceireteries Act wero at any time repealed the Crown might transfer tho ground to someono else. ■ Mr Hare thought the Act ranking the grant of the land was sufficient. Mr Payton moved that the matter be aAyed to the solicitor. Tho motioMaa carried, The Treasurer's report was read showing a credit balance of £lB Is R . -4 The following aecoun' Aero passed for paymentJ. C. Ingram £2 Gs; Jno. Graham and Co,, 2s sd; Wairarapa Farmers' Co-operativo Association, i?l 8s sd. The meeting then adjourned.