CABLE BREVITIES.
The United. States Scnato has post- ] : poned tho final settlement of tho free wool question, and has removed; sugar I from tho frco list, ■ \ :j Intenso. feeling has been created among the British residents in Johannesburg on Occount of tho arrest of Englishmen for refusing military service. ■..-.''.
Tho Liberal Conference rejected Mr Labouchere's amendment for the abolition of thb nowcrof veto of thoHouso of Lords. No speaker ot any note took! port in the debate on tho question. . Floods of an appalling character have been experienced, throughout Hungary. Thousands of houses have been swept away, while the loss of sheep and cattle is enormous. Niimbcrsof peasants havo been drowned. Tho damogc is estimated at £6,000,000. :
About 600 bakers employed in Lisbon, have struck work as a protest against 1 making deposits of large sums as sccurityagainst possible fines for sollinglightweight bread. Tho striko has caused great inconvenience, and tho military nro employed in baking bread for the city/ Miss Bcttini, a daughter of Madamo Trcbolli-Bcttini,isdißputingthbbequcsts to tho Academy of Music mado by her mother. Evidence was given that tho latter disinherited her daughter owing to misconduct. Counsel for Miss Bcttiui alleged tlint they quarrelled because tho mother refused to permit her own lover to marry her daughter. News from Barcaldinc, Queensland, states that the rouscabouts on tho Westland station refused to work unless their wages wcro increased tothooldstandard. Tho various Pastoralist Unions nro consulting ono another, and important developments arc expected-within a few days,
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4755, 23 June 1894, Page 2
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246CABLE BREVITIES. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4755, 23 June 1894, Page 2
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