CABLE NEWS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4352, 23 February 1893, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

London, February 21, Bank of Ireland stock di'opp:d £9 yesterday. During the last fortnight it bos receded £l7. The Freeman's Journal states that the Home Bale Bill will be pressed through Committee in tho face of all obstacles, The excitement in Ulster is increasing. The Midlothian Liberals have demanded autonomy for Scotland, and are objecting to the rotenlion l 'of the Irish members at Westminster. The Agents-General have accepted the Imperial regulations regarding the medals for regular troops and volun» teers. The Daily Chronicle regarMtfj George Dibbs' Governors as reasonable, «^ The Radicals demand tbat the Payment of Members Bill shall provide for an honorarium of 6800 irrespective of private income. Washington, February 21. Tho death iB announced of General Boauregard,the prominent Confederate soldier. Princess Kaiulani, niece of tho Queen of Hawaii, baa appealed to the American people, protesting against being deprived of the right of succession to the Crown, Madrid, February 20, The Spanish Government have forwarded to President Harrison a pro* test against American aggression in San Domingo, West Indies, Adelaide, February 22. J. Nicholson, Stipendiary Magistrate, has bforH&tenced to four years' imprisonment'for defrauding tho Economic Building Society, to which be acted as solicitor, of £20,000, Perth, February 22. Glasa, the squatter who shot his tffo daughters, and committed sui» cide, left a letter confessing thoorime. It is believed that he also waited for his daughter's lover, who, fortunately for himself, did not appear when expected, New York, February 21, Intense excitement has been occasioned on Wall street owing to an Official Receiver having been appointed for the Philadelphia and Beading Railway Company, A million shares were sold in two hours, Sydney, February 21, A large meeting presided over by Sir Henry Parses, carried a resolution requesting the dissolution of Parliament, and it was decided to forward a copy of the resolution to His Excel" lency the Governor, jftu^