CABLE NEWS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4426, 23 May 1893, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

British anil Foreign, London, May 20. The Princess of Walts and her daughters haye returned to London, aflßr an extended absence,

Spratt's dog-biscuit factory in Lon- | don has been burned down, [ Mr Asquith, Home Seorotary, lias* ■ refused to release Gilbert, an American dynamiter. ' The House of Commons has ad». • journed until the 29th inst„ for the/ i Whitsuntide holidays. ' Lord Wolverton, one of the Lortfo* 1 in-Waiting, has resigned his Court office, owing to a disagreement over the Home Rule Bill. , At a convention of the Irish League, tho spoakcrs expressed confidoncd that, 1 tho Homo Bu!e Bill would pass its; third reading by August. Owing to the present amity between the two Boctions of , funds are flowing in again from Australia, Mr Peter JMaclagan, member for Linlithgow, is bankrupt, and has accepted tho Chiltern Hundreds, The French Press alleges that Grout Britain is supporting the rebels in Siam. . The barque Terapleton experienced frightful weather when crossing tho Atlantio, During a fierce squall one of her yard?, on which ten of her craw weroengaged furling the canvo' d| was oarried away, and all those it were drowned, Mr Salmon, formp r ]y chairman of . f! onan j'neries Commission, 18 making y a inspection o{ tl)& tl!"!? r- er ' es an< * o J 6 ' erbe ' ;l3ort 8 ; tl .dh coast, and is also making f"1 w !iriea as to the method of carry'lig fish on the inland railway lines. ' The second innings of tlioAuJ--1 tri'liaua in the match against the ! Marylebone Club closed for 047. ' The M.C.0., requiring to win, started their second inurajja, and had lost eight wickets for 158 when rain interrupted the game, and tho match was drawn. The Times' Vienna correspondent jays Turkey must reorganiseher Davy immediately, and re-bui'd tho forts on the Bosphorua. Calcutta, May 21, The Europeans in Bankok, the capital of Siam, are appealing to the authorities for the protection of t British gunboat, as they are in feat of ' the town being bombarded, Washington, May 20. The Presbyterians are agitating for tho repeal of the Chineso Exclusion Act. The Methodists, have appointed t day of prayer to seejaNiie just treat* ment of the Chinese, The Chinese Minister to the finite J States has assured Mr Grettan, Sec* rotary of State, that China has no desire to retaliate for the Chinese Exclusion Act. CamsmwA, May 20. A serious landslip has taken placs at Vaerdal, a Tillage of Norway, 45 miles north east of Trondhjem, at tho head of its fiord. Twelve Jarge farms suddenly sank, and their place was converted into slimy land, Many people lost their lives. May 21, Forty farms have been covered in Vaerdal, A. hundred bodies havo been recovered. Br Petersburg, May 21. The Czar is reported to be suffering from cancer, SroNEY, May 21. Tin celeries have retired