CABLE NEWS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4503, 22 August 1893, Page 3

CABLE NEWS.

; British ctndFomqn London, 19th August. In the House of Commons to-day, an amendment to the Home Ruin Bill forbidding the Irish Legislature to give preference to any trade or industry, was rejected. Mr Morley, Chief Secretary for Ireland, accepted an amendment to the Bill forbidding the Irish to raiso, save as heretofore, public revenue for religious purposes. An amendment moved with tho view of preventing the Irish Legislature levying a tax to endow a denominational university was rejected, Lietenant-Colonel Waring. M.P. for Down (North), will present to Her Majesty the resolutions passed by the Orange lodges in New Zealand protesting against Homo Rule lor IrelißC. The new form of closure, proposed to be introduced by the Premier respecting further t>tages of the Home Sule Bill, will exclude the putting of any amendments except those expressly sanctioned by : the Government. Both the Times and the Standard denounce this Btep as an arrogant violation of liberty of speech, aud etato that such a course hes never been equalled since the time of Cromwell. Mr Chamberlain's amendment to the motion for the enforcement of the closure declares the latter to be a (deprivation of (be constitutional right to discuss a policy which seriously affeots British interests, and that, the motion being dictated by Party expediency, the House calls on the Government to withdraw the resolution and dissolve Parliament. The portion of this amendment as to dissolution, being irregular, has been struok out. There are still 86 proposed new clauses not disoussed, and the discussion of Mr Chamberlain's amendment is expected to last two days. Another great fight is expected on the third reading of the Bill, which has been made an order of tho day for Monday, the 28th inst. The excitement in Wales owing to to the strike continues and at Pontypridd cavalry and police are patrolling the streets. The stock of coal at the gasworks is almost exhausted, and it ia feared, that the town Will be in darkness todghL^ Various magistrates in the disturbed districts are prepared day and night to read the Riot Act, and express a determination to suppress the trouble with drastic measures, Three thousand troops are stationed in Cardiff and Newport, The strikers who marched on the Mertbyr Trebarris colleries compelled the cessation of work. The Scotch ironmasters have closed down their furnaces owing to the dcarness of fuel. All the miners in Fifeshiro and Einrossshire have gone out on strike.

Daring the beat the brigade? at Aldersbot parade with the men in their ebirt eleevea. The Queen has commanded Sir Evelyn Wood to appear at Osborne to report on the health of the troops. The splendid weather helps the British harvesting, and the grain is in excellent condition.

Paris, August 19, The intense heat ripened the grapes in Medoe andßourdoaux in four days, The vintage this year is unusually large. The French harvesting is finished, and the yield is estimated at 55,000,000 Quartern, V Bbusbels, August 20. "The Belgian army manoeuvres have leen countermanded, owing to an epidemic of dysentery and other diseases having broken out, Paris, August 20, The fight between French workers and Italian labourers in the vicinity of Nismes was resumed to-day. Hundreds of the latter sought refuge in a farmhouse, but the Frenchmen set to work and demolished the roof of the building. Tho foreigners, finding themselves beaten, fled, but were chased, and SO were killed and about 150 wounded, A largo number, of Italians, who had rushed to a bakery, were saved by tbapfcJjjWjßhad been summoned tolpflHbeaisturbance. Adelaide, August2l, The Premier has received a cable message from the Premier of New Zealand stating that if invited the New Zealand Government will be prepared to favourably consider a proposal for a Customs Conference of the Australian colonies,