CABLE NEWS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4481, 27 July 1893, Page 3

CABLE NEWS.

British and Foreign,

Lcndon, July 25. Gaudaur beat Hanlan by seven lengths, Lord Dudley has called a meeting of his creditors. His liabilities are £BOO,OOO and his assets £45,000. The Siamese Government has 12,000 armed men in Bangkok, The French press urges that' the King's palace should be shelled. The British residents in Bangkok aro intensely irritated at the seeming apathy of the Imperial Government,

A second detachment of tbe Foreign Lpgion Las b< en despatched to the East by tbe French Government. The Fall Mall Gazette warns France thai the British. gunboats on tho Menam are able to blow hers out of ibe water.

_ Lord Duflerin hud a friendly interview with M. Develle, who intimated that France would not allow a third party to interfere in her quarrel with Siam,

Mr J, 11, Wilson, M.P. for Mite trough, is suing a London evening paper for £IOOO for libel, in accusing him of recklessly expending the funds of the Seamen's Union, of which he is Secretary. In his evidence Mr Wilson admitted that local spourities to the extent of £2OOO had been embezzled, and also that tho expenditure per annum on salaries and management amounted to nearlj £20,000 before the members of the Union derived any benefits, Ho also admitted that it was illegal to apply to the expenses of management £BOOO of subscriptions received for a special purposo. Berlin, July 25. 'lbe Tageblatt Bays the more troubles Fiance brings upon herself abroad, the more it is to the advantage of Germany.

Capetown, July 25. Nows received here repmts that a Matabeleland impi (corps of warriors) is crossing the Umlili River and ad vancing of Foifc Salisbury. The police are preparing to arrest thoir progress. London, July 25. Silver is quoted at 2s B|d, Indian 4 per cent, rupee paper has fallen onesixteenth of a penny.