CABLE NEWS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4515, 5 September 1893, Page 3

CABLE NEWS.

British and Foreign

London, Soplember 2. A company is hoing formed to exploro tho Coolgardio goldfields in Western Australia. The oapital is LIOO.OOO. Tho Miners' Federation is issuing a balletpaper asking the men to decide upon tbreo qneslions-(l) To ogreo to arbitration; (2) to resume at the old rato; '5) to accept a partial reduction, Theininers in Nottinghamshire ere %Wg sheep, apples, and potato sin ordor to avoid starvation, In tho Houso of Commons, Mr Gladstone said ihe Goveromfnt approved o( the British South African Ohartored Company, increasing its forces in Masbonaland. It is stated that 'if Cecil Rhodes, Premier of Capo Colony, Ims 1000 armed men roady for service, ti'estimate thatgoodwheaten anrWaten hay for tho next six months will realise from U to LG per ton, Owing to the cholera, immigrants havo been prohibited from arriving at Hull and Grimsby. Soveral cases of cholera and one death are reported from Jersey City, U.S.

'J wo deaths from cholera in Grimsby and other choleraic cases are reported. Vienna, September 2. Gendarnns in Hunga-y arc shooting tho peasants who withstand the removal ol their relatives who havo died from cholera. The scene is a most piteous one, Washington, September 1. Tho mortality resulting from the cyclone is estimated at 1000. News has been received from Ronufort County that thousn wis of negroes at Port Royal, who aro in a destitute condition, ore fighting for food. September 2,

The cyclone killed 1000 in Demifort alone—ell negroes except three, •iqgj Brisbane, September 8. The Yfoolshcd at Nerijiloo Station, the scene of the recent trouble in connection with tho wages paid to rouseiiboufs has be?u burned down. The origin of tho tiro is unknown, Polite reinforceraonts havo not yet reached thestation. Ottawa, September 2. . Tho Hon M'Kenzio Bowell, Minister of Trade and Commerce in the Dominion Parliament, has been appointed Canadian Commissioner to visit Australia to confer as to the advisability of closer trade relations between the Dominion and the colonies, Paius, September 2. Despite tho newspaper agitation, it is believed that the British and the

French Cabinets have virtually como to an agreement over tho Siain difficulty.