CABLE SUMMARY

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XIV, Issue 3050, 12 August 1893, Page 3

CABLE SUMMARY

Cholera is abating in Naples. Another case of smallpox has occurred on board the steamer Ching Tu. Mr Yalcntine has been appointed dairy inspector for New Zealand. The Welshmen are furious at Mr Gladstone declining to deal with the Welsh question till next year. Mr Cooke, Conservative, and Sir Joseph Fully, Liberal,have been nominated for the Hereford seat. H.M.S. Apollo, which has been engaged in naval manoeuvres, has not yet retured, and fears are entertained for her safety. News from South America states that a plot has been discovered to seizt President Nunez of Columbia. Many arrests have been made in consequence. Sir E. C. N. Braddon has no knowledge of the contemplated abolition of the ITasmanian Agent-Generalship. He wil re-enter politics if the office is swept away. The Collector of Customs reports I that all the Chinese arriving in Sydney aro satisfactorily accounted for. He believes that many leak in through being transferred from China steamers to the intercolonial vessels. A relative of the condemned man Makin had a painful interview with the Premier yesterday, and petitioned for a reprieve. A special meeting of the executive is to be held to consider the petition The Archibhhop of Aik has issued a manifesto, renewing in bitter term 3 the attack on the French Republic. He demands the recasting of the education and military laws and asserts that the Pope does not ask the Roman Catholic clergy to accept the present Government, M. Le Marquis, liquidator of the Panama Canal Company, intends to ■ue the members of the syndicate who floated the Panama loan for 100,000,000 francs, £4,000,000. He also sues the contractors for £2,000,000. Schmidt, a farm laborer, in consequence of a long standing feud, deliberately shot a fellow servant named FroKck dead, and then attempted suicide. It is unlikely that he will recover. The tragedy occurrsd near Melbourne. Schmidt after shooting Frolick, bombarded his employer's bouse, and repeatedly discharged shots at various other rooms.