CABLE NEWS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4521, 12 September 1893, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

T""T. British and Foreign,

■ London, Soptember 9. Mr M'Ready, the Melbourne part, ner of Mr Drew (recently nrreatud in v Sydney), of M'Ready; Drew & do., has been charged at Bow : street with ' having defrauded Soheurer and.Ooii v of Paris. M'Ready "alleges. that Soheurer -had him arrested in Paris six weelia ago, but he wss'roleased oa' condition that he would pay of £4OOO by a certain been remanded. ' Deaths are reported iiHull from supposed oholera, and another oaso is reported from Hamburg, Doubtful oases are mentioned iu Gainsborough and Boston, : ; Medical men state that 'the case of • oholera, whicli'proved fatal in the oaso : of one of tjje charwomen at the House of Commons, was not of the. Asiatic has bee from floods at Tientsin,- • • The Shanghai'oorrespondent of the Standard wires that the Chief Administrator of the Chinese' Empire, Li ■ Hung Chang, advises the Emperor to sanot ion the niassaore of foreigners, especially of the English. Another of the men taking part in the minors' strike at Foatherstone has succumbed to his injuries. , The Belfast Trades Union Congress J passed a resolution expressing dolenee with the families-of the victims, and resolved that it was the duty of .the Government to provide honourable and profitableemployment for the unemployed. The Daily News regrets that the Congress did not condemn the riots, The arrival of troops has quieted the rioters in Yorkshire.

The damage by the riots at Pontefraot is estimated at £4OOO. The minors, oiying " itlood for blood," besieged the manager's residence,but it was defended by dispersed the assailants. ' - The tour of the Australian Criokefc Te&m in England h*B closed, tho-- - match ngainsc the South of England' being the final game, Tne following are the batting aver* ages of the tour: Graham and Lyons, 28; Trott and Bannerman, 25; Geo. Giffen, Bruoe, and Gregory, 23 Trumble, 21; M'Leod, 17; Walter Giffen, Blackham, and Turner, 18: Coningham, 12; Jarviß,4. The howling averages are:—Tut" uer, 18 runs per wioket; Trumble and Coningham 1G; George Giffen, 17; Trolt, 19; Bruce, 2?; M'Leod. 21 j Lyons, 47.

Qxiaw, September 10. Canadian merchants have sent a petition praying that effect may not bo given to the award ot the Behring Sea Fisheries Commission on the ground that it will ruin the sealing industry, Bio de Janeiro, September 16, The troops at Santa Cruz havfl been ordered to open fire on the war* ships that have revolted immediately they are sighted....

Martial law has been proclaimed in the oapital.

Paris, September 9. It is reported , that tho French Government is offering permanent. ports to tho Russian Meditenwftlf squadron, and that Italy retaliates by offering ports to Germany. . Berlin, September 10. Emperor William met with a great reoeption on his arrival at Strasbourg in connection with army manceuvres. In tho coiiree- of his address ho highly praised the Btras" bonrgere.