CABLE NEWS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4475, 20 July 1893, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

British and Foreign. London, 18th July. Byafireat St. Mary Axe, 80 small warehouses wero burnt to the ground. Two hundred firemon and 40 engines were engaged in preventing the spread of the flames, The fire at St. Mary Axe caused damage to 50 additional warehouses. A strong wind was blowing, which baffled the efforts of the fireman for four hours, Tho estimate loss i"b £2,000,000.

London, 18th July.

During mantcuvres off tho coast of Ireland, H.M.S. Apollo was nearly lost in a fog at Crookhavon, She was within SO yards of the coast when the shouts of a fisherman warned those ou board of thejr dangerous position. Paris, 18th July.

The Siamese forts sank a French merchant vessel because she was piloting a warship up thajMenam River. ■Wy The French Government d6?.y that they disowned the action of Admiral Humann in entering the river with warships. The Parisian press is violently agitated, and declares that Great Britain is trying to exeroise veiled protection over Siam. Figaro says the French Colonial Office will demand the concession of the entire left bank of the Mekong River, and the provinces of Battambang and Angkor, and also the payment of an indemnity to the relatives of the victims of the rocent massacre by the Siamese. OiwuTTAjJuly 18. The British residents iu Bangkok are much alarmed at the Frenoli action, and are leaving the city, New York, July 18.

The United States warship, Mohican, discovered the Hawaiian Bteamer Alexandria poaching in Behring Sea, and fired across her bows. The Alexandria roturned the Gre from a six-pounder she had on board, smashing part of tbe Mohican's machinery, This enabled her to escape. Brisbjuje, July 18. The Estimates, which will probably be presented to Parliament to-morrow, have been reduced by £BOO,OOO as comparod with the previous year. This will necessitate the dismissal of 600 Civil Servants. The reduction is specially prominent in the Defence Department, and one or two corps are to be dispensed withuaJte&er. MEIBOt/RNfcfllulyJS.

Tho Mercantile, Finance, Trustees, and Agency Company baa suspended payment, and a meeting of the shareholders is called to oonsidor whether it should go into liquidation. Last year's operations resulted in the loss of £17,000, The capital of the companyis£l,soo,opo, of which £728,000 is paid up, The total direct liability of tho company is £373,000. The greater portion is English money. Washington, July 18.

Three more American banks havo failed, with liabilities amounting to a million and a half dollars.