CABLE NEWS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4496, 14 August 1893, Page 3

CABLE NEWS.

British and Foreign London, 11th August, Leech, second officer of the ship Durbridge, who was the principal witness against the chief officer and stewed on the charge of murdering Captain Little, bus been charged with perjury, but the information das been dismissed, A portion of the Scottish miners have joined the strike. Twelve thousand Yorkshiremen have also gone out. Sydndy, 11th August. A relativo of the condemned ma,i manMakin had a painful interview with the Premier to-day when he petitioned for a reprieve. A special meeting of the Executive is to be held to-morrow toconsider the petition, The Collector of Guatonm reports that all Chinese arriving in Sydney aro satisfactorily accounted for. He belioves that many leak in through Ddni; transferred irom China steamers to intercolonial vessels. Another cuse of small-pox has occurred on board the steamer Chingiu. Melbourne, August 12, A farm labourer named Smidt, in onnserjuence of a long-standing feud, shot dead a fellow-servant named Frclicb, and then attempted suicide, It is unlikely that he will recover, ' Btnidt, after shooting Frolioh, bombarded his employer's house, rnd repeatedly discharged shots at various rooms. One of the girls was slightly injured, Paris, August 11, M, Le Marquis, the liquidator of the Panama Canal Company, intends to suo the members of the syndicate who floated tho Panama loan for 100,000,000 francs (£4,000,000), and also to Biie the contractors for £2,000,000.