CABLE BREVITIES

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4787, 31 July 1894, Page 3

CABLE BREVITIES

Mrs Annio Bosant lias sailod for "• Australia, Tho death is announced of Viscount Himlingo and Cardinal Led- , ' oohowski, News has been received that Wolluuiu'h Arctic Expedition, which 'Was reported to havo been lost north ft ol Spitzbcrgon is lafo. • ▼ Tho captain of a sealing vessel reports sighting tho Wollmnn expedition near Amsterdam Island. After ft longstruggle thoy succeeded in escaping from the ice-pack. Tho Bill providing for an increase of tho penalties on persons convicted , of Anarchist crimes has passed the French Sonnto by a majority of 172. Nows lias been received from &an Domingo that there have been four plots to murder the President "11, of ;which failed, Tlio ringleader, General Dotadilla, has been seized nnd sliot. It is expected that in the House of Commons tho Government will enforco tho closure with regard to the ■ Ejvted Tennnts Bill, Tho measure UTOrer, has no chance of passing tlio House of Lords. « Nows lins been received that the French troops have captured Bossc, in Sonegambia, The loss on the nativo sido was 500 killed. The French lost nine men and bad 150 wounded. The Kaiser, during a yachting visit to England in August, will confor with the British Government regarding tho future of the Congo territories. M. plemonccan, the well-known politician, and 11. P. Doschnuel, a member of tlio French Chamber of Deputies, fought a duel yesterday, the latter being wounded on the cheek, Mr Iteid, the Victorian Defence Minister, donies that lie informed the Hawaiian Government of the intention of the British Government |Mj»r^-^*ls"Beize ; NeckerLsland. Tlio Acacia, bound' from the Thames to Melbourne, put in at Sydney to renow supplies and repair the damage sustained in a hurricane whilo on tlio voyage. The water tank was destroyed, and the crew had to be put on short allowance. What water they bad was muddy.