CABLE NEWS.
British anifmgn.
Losm Mr*!), The Rev, G. S,||KrlKit, oTNorwiob, has been elected Chairman of the Congregational Union..
Mr Edward Terry, comedian, has .sailed in the E.M.S. Ophir for Melbourne, under engagement to Messrs. Williamson and Mußgrove. Ho will visit New Zealand.
'Mr M. Davitt, M.P. for North Meath, who was recently declared bankrupt, has applied for the Cbiltern Hundreds.
The Prince of Wales paid a visit to the Imperial Institute to-day. Three hundred guineas has been paid for the use of houses in Queen's Qate, Kensington, S.W., overlooking the route the opening procession will take.
At a meeting of the London members of the Liberal Party, a resolution was carried denouncing tho Budget owing to their being no' proposal to tax ground values, and declaring that it does not fulfil the programme announced at the meeting in Newcastle. . The Queen reviewed Horse Artillery team and the Now South Wales Cavalry team at Buckingham Palace to-day. After tho introduction, Major General Sir J. 0. Cowell, Master of tho Household, said Her Majesty was very much pleased at tho manner in which the men had acquitted themselves, and she hoped their stay in England would be o pleasant one,
In the House of Commons, Mr Buzton, Under-Secretary for the Colonies, replying to a question, said he would shortly submit papers sliofiug that the greatest care was exercised to prevent cruelty and ooercioa regarding the Kanaka traffic. He also mentioned that ,th& Mftrijnis of fiipon, Secretary office fox the Colonies, and Sir Thurston, High Commissioner of the Pacific, were in communication on the ques* tion of preventing unsuitable practices in recruiting by foroign vessels among the islands under British pro* .tection. Sir John Thurston he said, was about to consult with the chiefs of the Gilbert Islands on the traffic. In concluding, he. deolared that Mr Stevenson's criticisms were apparently directed against the old style of recruiting. The Times, commenting upon tbe Parliamentary paper relative to tbe dispute between Lord Glasgow and the New Zealand Ministry respecting the appointment of Legislative Councillors, Bays a precedent has been established wbioh will reduce to tbe vanishing point the range of tbe discretion of colonial Gorersort«
'llie rejection of the Army Hill by ike Reichstag has excited exultuti.m in France and Russia.
The Italian press is ol opinion that the present cnsis m»y porsibly imperil the geaoo of Europe.
New Yr-iin;, May S>, Wholesale desertions aro reported feom tho British warships which look part in the Columbus Festival. One Vfissel iia said to hava lost an many ns ?0 EQBU.
Bbblih, May !J. The Bishop of Motz and the o»thOlies of Lorraine liavo expressed the hope that t'jfr Pupo will soon ccaso to be a pmonier in the Vatican.
The Kaiser has admonished (horn, 88 their opinions aru unjust to Italy, and he has forbidden the clergy to interfere in politics.
lioHK, Hay 9. The Austrian, Belgian, and (Spanuh Governmentii, yielding to tho encyolicul issued by the Pope, hnvo consonted to discuss the question of disarmament,
ST Petbbbbubq, May 9. Bst&ian diplomatists fear that .Gorminy will seek to divert ntiention ftoat jyur boniK troubles by means of ■ fornPPwar.
Houabt, May 10. ~Tke Premier ia urging the New Soati Wales and Victorian Qovarntttoti to call a coofurenoe oE reproMntatim from the various Austra' lists eoionies to consider a proposal to ssstaWish Frecttade or a Customs Uaiasi.
As£t.AiDß, May 10. A lady passenger by the K.H.S. Aortmlia has been fuund to be safferikg'lrom smallpox.
Phhth, Vfßjr 10. swo fresh cases of small pox: have v breksn Oat during the last few days, oaa death ia reported. Melboueke, May 9. Is the Mercantile Bank prosecuUom, Sir Matthew Daviea und Mr MSIMge are being tried by Mr Mc- ,. DuMM, alone, his eoftdjutori, who were in favour of Mqsittins; the whole of the accused, hnimg withdrawn from the procued-
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4415, 11 May 1893, Page 2
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