CABLE NEWS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4391, 12 April 1893, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

London, April 10. Tho supporters of' Local Option claim i victory at the mooting held in Trafalgar-square, and declare that they held possession from first to last. The mouting approved the Bill, and thanked the Government for introducing it. Cheers were given for Bir Vernon Harceurt and Sir Wilfred Lawßon,

The opponents of the Bill have re. ciiived a temporary check, A numher of clergymen in Hul waited on the shipowners in connec lion with tho strike The owners re. plied that the men's places were stil open, provided they agreed to worl v.'itb non-Unioniste,

The military are guarding the rail' way and docks. One thousand additional nonUnionißts have been sent from London to Hall.

The Daily Chronicle correspondent wires that the town has the appearance of being bcsoiged, Shares in the English, Scottish, and Australian Chartered Banks are quoted at i 6 10s, In the courso of an interview today, Mr U. J. Hegan, Chairman of the Bank, said there was nothing in the Bank's postion to cause alarm except tho recent fall in shares, which was not justified. The Bank's bullion in the oolonies was sufficient to meet all demands, and it was not true that tho Bank had applied to tho Bank of England for assistance.