CABLE BREVITIES.
The Queen officially opened the Manchester Ship Canal on Monday, The arrests of the Nihilists at St. Petersburg, Moscow, and elsewhere continue, There is a growing feeling of uneasiness in Sorvia. A coup d'ltnl is feared, Edmund Yates, proprietor of The World is dead. Tho cause of death was apoplexy. Oldfield, a Melbourne timber merchant is insolvent. His liabilities amount to £116,000 and his assets to £75,000, Disputes at the Miners' Congress at Berlin are frequent being the outcome of the resistance of the British delegates to tho policy of the Social Democrats, Mr Dillon urges the Irish mombers to show their fidelity to the Government and asserts that if a general election were to take place at the present time it would result in a large majority for the Conservative Party. Tho Anarchist Henri, who was sentenced to death for throwing the . bomb in the Cafe St Lazaire has been executed. The coudemned man died shouting "Long live Anarchy!" The five Anarchists—companions i of Pallas the Anarchist who was i executed in October for throwing i two petards into the midst of a group : of staff officers at a military review i at Barcelona in September and causi severe injuries to Marshal Campos i and General Castelloi—have been shot. \
; Vehicle ikffic iti Masterton k The" Masterton Borough Counci j held a special meeting last evoninj ? to deal with the new By-laws as re 11 vised by Mr C. A, Pownall. Th e question of regulating traction en s gine traffic,was discussed at length 11 Tho By-laws relating to vehicles 8 however, occupied the most time ® The most important amendments ari 1 that carriages and cabs shall carri B passengers' luggage only with pas sengers, each passenger to be allowet 401bs free, and the charge to be 6( j for every 401bs over that weight. Tin scale of fares ban been somewha ? altered, the length of a day beihj ' reduced from 10 hours to 8 hours and the maximum charges increasec 3 as follows:—' J One Day's Hibe ; ? £ s. d. J6 s. d I Maximum old rate... 110 16 ( ' n , new „ ... 110 0 1 1; ; Per how (old rate).., 4 0 3( M „ (aowrate).,, 5 0 3 ( i EachadditionalquarJ tor hour ... 1 0 ! The rate for additional time is tin : same as before. The maximnn: I charge from the Railway Station tc . the Post Office is to be Gd, and 6d ! for every additional half mile ) Double fares may be legally charged - between 8. p.m. and 6 a.m., toanj place except to or from the Railway ! Station, On Christmas Day, Good i Friday oud on Sundays, fare and a j half may be charged, i The rates for carts and expresses i have beenfixed at6dforgoodsweighi ing 1 cwt or less, for one mile; 2j i cwt Is per mile, Drays may charge i 2s per ton for the first mile, and le . for each subsequent mile or fraction . thereof. Expresses are to stand i from Central Chambers to Church ; Street, and cabs opposite the Bank r of Australasia. j These amendments have yet to be . confirmed by the Council.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4728, 23 May 1894, Page 3
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521CABLE BREVITIES. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4728, 23 May 1894, Page 3
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