CABLE NEWS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4331, 1 February 1893, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

London, January 80. Jatiez Spencer Balfour, ex-M.P., : 7 whois wanted in connection with the Liberator Building Society affairs, is in Mexico, and a warrant baa been issued for his arrest, The Times says ttjjMison wby"\ Lord Jersey resigned lljipossibly, ' that the almost exclusively ceremonial character of the office of Governor proved wearisome to him as an ambitious man, The foreign interests in Hawaii amount to eight millions, of which which six millions are American. The Queen desires a protectorato under Great Britain. The American Cabinet ia in favour of annexation. It is suggested that a plebiscite of llie people of the islands should Le taken. The Daily Telegraph says the revolt is the result of Yankees'work, The Supreme Grand Chapter of Royal Aroh.Masons of England hat been advised nogbsiriDit the Aiders Edward ChapterJofLyttelton, to re- : tain its original charter now that is has joined the Supreme Grand Chap- ..-.-. ter of New Zealand. Bubear lihs beaten Hoatner in a sculling match. The Standurd declares that unless iheVictoriaus moderate the quantity of preservatives used in the preparation of butter for the English market the article from that colony will gain a bad repute.

The Financial Times says that City financiers are enquiring as to the reasous why the associated Bantodid not come to the rescue Bunk, anuMh-ir upatlfifiil have a deplurable eflVct upon the returning confidence in Melbourne. City men suggests that the Bapks should guarnnU the Inderal B-jnk's deposits, otherwise the confidence of tbu Scutch investors will be shaken, Ninety thousand miters in New South Wales have abandoned the sliding scale, and joined the Federation,

Discussing the Hawaiian difficulty, both the Daily Telegraph and the Standard favour the restoration of the monarchy. I'ho Times helievea that a similar arrangement to that for the administration of Samoa, with modifications in the light of the experience gained by the powers interested, would be applicable to Hawaii. In the House of Representatives, the Demooratß were averse to, the proposal for annexation, though they opposed any other Power assuming control over the islands.

Washington, January 80. In the Senate, the majority of the speeohes favoured the annexation of Hawaii, or the granting of a protectorate over the group. San Francisco, January 80. The deposed Queen of Hawaii has issued a proclamation that she has yielded to the superior force of the Americans, but awaits th%time to be reinstated, when the the trouble will be divulged. St Petersburg, January 28 The Czarewiti'h during his visit to Berlin arranged for an early meeting between the Kaiser and the Czar.

Sofia, January 26. At the opening of the Sobranjo, the President, in a speech reviewine; foreign affairs, said that Bulgarian patriots regard Russia as the invtstO" rate enemy of their country, Madrid, January 28. Eiols have occurred in Madrid as a protest aaainsfc the opening of a Protestant Church. Soldiers had to bo called out to disperse the mob. Melbourne, January 80. There is no excitement here over the suspension of the Federal Bank, All the Ministers with the except tion of Mr Patterson, the Premier, have been re-elected unopposed. The other banks are cashing the Federal Bank's notes.