LATEST CABLE NEWS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4912, 28 December 1894, Page 3

LATEST CABLE NEWS.

IB; ■ A (. Will® JL / CJJ Amcmton,] I ' Electric Telegraph.—Copyright ! • .. • The Qorean l/l/ar. I (Received Dec. 28,10.20 a.m.) The Cliineso have evacuate Nenchang, and retreated to De Shodai. Latest Australian News. (Received Dec. 28,10.30 a.m.) Sydney, Dec. 28. ' The Sydney Mmirnj Herald com meuting on the activity of the Go vernmont in the matter of Piibli* Works for the reliof of the uneniployod says of much of this fchoj know little, save that some items amazed both Houses of the LegislaAnd that the money is to be / proVj<|:d by a measure which will ady-jr a million sterling to the indfipaness of the Colony with vory li#rospectß in regard to a large of tho outlay on any remunerafcivo/ return ever being reached. While this is going on orators among tho unemployed are delivering angry harangues on the neglect of the labor members to attend their meetings. Tho latter have evidently employed thoir time to better purpose and the unemployed have every , reason to he satisfied with roseate prospects before them. (.Received Dec. 28, 11 a.m) Melbourne, December 28. Immense datnago lias been doiio to tho vineyards by tho ravages of caterpillars, and in the Rutherglon district alone tho loss is estimated at many thousands of gallons of wine. Adelaide, December 28. The drought which has existed in the far north fortwo years has broke up. (Received Dec. 28,1 a.m.) Sydney, December 27 The storeroom and calfckilling premises attached -to the Bourko Meat Works have boon destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at ioOOO. The premises are insured in the Commercial Union and North ( British offices for £7OOO, i The Government, who arc about i to undertake immediately public i works which will largely absorb the unemployed, have decided to warn the other colonies of the futility of mon flocking to Sydney, as work ivill only bo provided for the people of this Colony,

General Intelligence, (Received December 28,10.20 a,m, London, December 27. The New Zealand and Rivei Plate Loan and Mercantile Agencj Company Las written off the reservi and carried £220,000 to the Depre elation Account, which, after deducting^,ooo balance of profit ano loss account, stands at £200,000. Lord Randolph Churchill passed a much quieter night and seems to be shaking off the comatose condition ill which he bas been lying during tho last twenty-four hours, Pakis, December 27, The estates of Dr Cornelius Herz, notorious for his connection with the Panama canal frauds havo been sold jjkJjtofi7o,ooo, New York, December 27. captain of the New has been sentenced to imprisonment for acceptfrom tradesmen.

HH| New South I/I/ales Co WttSBB Trouble, Dec. 28,10.30 a.m.] Sydney, Dec. 2! HHHrbe Lambton miners have the Delegate Board's rest Their representative on the Bo; mS in submitting tlie resolutions s ■ one of the masters on being- askec H coal rose in price would he incre ■ the hewing rate, replied in the nej B tive, and said thi miners must I cept his proposals just as submitt ■ whatever the selling price of c I might be. The delegate stated thi V had been reductions in the bewi rate lately, and these had been ma under the pretence of securing trai but the output.became much less A Premiers Speech. (Received Dec. 28, 11 a.m.) Sydney, December 28. The Premier, speaking at t commercial travellers dinner,said 1 hope® before many weeks were ov > to see a new Government Depai jnent established, whose missii while advancing the interests laborand industry within the bordei would go beyond and advance t sphere of our productions througho the length and breadth of the civ; ised world. Vitriol Throwing. (Received December 28,11 a.m.) Melbourne, December 28. The vitriol throwing at Ascotval was evidently premeditated., Th object being tho murder of the chili but the mother's promptness save its life, The Great Gale. foNDON, December 27, TbsstearnerAfjydos was wreckc on tlAlsle of Man .during the lal galekA). 20 of >thgse on boar WICKET. The Intercolonial Match, Melbourne, December 27. In the intercolonial cricket matel the second innings of tho Now Soutl Wales closed for 194, Victoria won the match by 161 runs. (Received Dec. 28,11 a,m.) Melbourne, December 28. ' Tho team to represent Australia in tho next test match against the Englishmen is generally regarded as a fine one, and is looked upon as stronger in all departments than the 11 which piped afcSydney, A, Trott's performance in the recent intercolonial match entitled him to the position, and regret is expressed that be is not included in the team, The defect in the team is perhaps the fact of its being a line weather one. With typical Australian weather the Australians should win, but with# wet wicket, of which there ie every probability at present, the Englishmen's experience on heavy grounds should stand them in erood jjJpad,

Jhe Georgia Trouble. ! (Received Deo, 27, 8,30 p.m.) • . New Yokk, December 26, SheriJf Brooks of County Georgia has appealed to tbe Governor for assistance to qpcll the disturbance arising,out of trie desire of anumber of citizens of Guitraan to secure the negro: criminal jwho escaped from them. •, .' •'

The fighting continues, and fou ' additional negroes have been killec Tho Sheriff declares that he is ur j able to restrain whites from com mitting outrages on negro womer and the outrages are alleged to bo o a more revolting character than thos l attributed to the Turkish soldiery ii Armenia. I Tho racial war is extending ii |. Alabama, and during ii fair four per sons wore killed outright and thir fimn nM.m.o t.,H„