CABLE BREVITIES.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4731, 28 May 1894, Page 3

CABLE BREVITIES.

Spain and Germany are enforcing mutually hostile tariffs. Lord Roberts succeeds Viscount Wolscley as commander of the forces in Ireland. Cambridge University will create the Duke of Yoik a Doctor of Law, Curious rumours arc current in Paris that Ismail Pasha's death is being kept secret. A passenger train overturned at Limoges through the breaking of a coupling, and a number of passengers were killed.

A body of bluejackets has been landed at Poit Said, and police have been despatched fiom Cairo to suppress the riotous strikers, Tynan, the Invincible, is about to publish a book on his career. He will first Fenian movement in fijb'l.

It is reported that in his bookTynan intends to reveal the Parnellites' connection with the Phoenix Park murders,

The cataract on Mr Gladstone's eye was easily removed. The Prince i of Wales and numerous diplomatists sent telegrams enquiring after the health of the veteran statesman. Serious collisions have taken place between the police and the colliers -wm strike in Pennsylvania and' .' Indiana, Several men have been killelon both sides. A plot to dynamite Parliament Buildings, at Buenos Ayres, and the Bourse has been discovered. Many people has been anestwl, and a number of bombs seemed. Some excitement has been caused in the Transvaal by the arrest of two Wcsloyan ministeis, ■ who, though British subjects, were pressed into military service, but refused to bear arms, The five proprietors of the Sydney paper Justice have been committed i for trial on a charge of inciting to "Vmler, alleged to bo contained in nnll^UAeaded" Nineteenth Century Brutality," It was in the nature of a commentary on the sentence inflicted on the Bridge-street burglars, and urged house-breakers to shoot straight, as they would be banged whether they took life or not, and had a greater chance of escaping if the/ killed'their opponents, Considerable excitement was shown at Belgrade on the discovery that a factory had alloted 3,000,000 cartridges to assist a rebellion, A deputation from the Women's Franchise League waited on the Victorian Premier and urged him to extend the franchise to women. Mr Patterson expressed sympathy with their aspirations, but thought the Government would not be justified in taking up the time of Parliament) unless satisfied that the time hadi arrived to legislate on the subject. He advised the members of the deputation to go upon the platform and promulgate their views,