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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4622, 15 January 1894, Page 2

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t Discontent in Italy. . Exciting election,contest at Home. Conservatives won, Vaillant, Paris Anarchist, appeals against death sentence. Bank of N.Z. decided not to isatis < new capital. ■ . . 1 Lord Kimtierley, Secretary of State for India, seriously ill. 1 Damage by fire in Melbourne Gene- | ral Post Offi:e estimated at £ISOO. Differences f-aid .to.have arisen in Imperial Cabinet regarding iiiorease of ' Navy. Jesuit college at Antwerp destroyed. , putaage, a million franca. Incendiarism suspected. Rev. Mr Qlasson represents S.A. i at meetius of Congregational Union to be held in N.Z. shortly. ' , Secretary for Education (Victoria) retired, owing to retrenchment in the department, Imperial Government urged to sell . Suez Canal sliaies to raise money foe proposed additions to Navy. Australian delegates to Postal Conference at Wellington leave Melbourns on 17th inst. Lord Sheffield abandoned idea of bringing team to Australia. N.S.W. cabled, to Stoddnrt, aakintt him to biingone. Melbourne, ohild • murderer, Mrs Knorr, becoming worse as the day of her execution approaches. Every prospect of a terrible scene on the scaffold, / " War Office refuses to giant missions to Australians in Imperial Artillery and Engineers until a Min- , istry College for Australia has been established, similar to that at' King. stOD, Canada. News from the Islands states a German man-of-war' has conveyed Mataafa to the Marshall Group, and' has shelled a' number of villages in punishment of outrages. _ Reported that U.S.A. representative at Honolulu has been ordered to censure proceedings of Provisional ! Government, but to remain inactiva pending final decision of Congress, - Tasmanian Premier suggests that ' Agent-General should endeavour to induce Duke of 'York to -visit Tasmania and open Exhibition. In House of Commons, W. P. Byles urged that an attempt should be made to procure general iliaarmgg ment in Europe before additions to Navy; Oladsto^^^F" Wher it would be fyove in.the matter. ,R.M,B. Arawa brings news'from Fiji that nino natives assaulted and murdered a Native woman at Waimlpa. One of the natives has confessed, Others arrested. Sensational attempt at burglary occurred at pawnbroker's shop in Williamstown (Vio). Burglar fired twice at proprietor while trying to get away, wounding him slightly. Man then intercepted hy pawnbroker's son, whom he shot through the body, but wounded man held' him until he was arrested. Victim in a precarious condition, Accomplice of burglar also arrested. • Labour and Trades Unions still protesting on tlia score of economy, against proposed visit of Duke 'of York. Captain of Barrabool washed overboard between Sydney autHU|p lrne.