Last Night's Cables.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 5872, 2 July 1890, Page 2

Last Night's Cables.

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London, Jane 30. ' The'judgment of the Court of 25nqu.ii-— into the loss of tho steamer Dacoa was that the chief officer alone was to blame fur not altering the ship's course enough to 'clear tho Da-dalus reef. His certificate was ordered to be suspended for a , Mr D. Hean's reports on • the Bank of New Zealand have created a most favorable imprttstiion with the London directors.

Iv diplomatic circles it is considered that Prince Ferdinand's departure from Sofia, is connected with an impending declaration of the Independence of Bulgaria. A man named William Edward Moran, oharged with repeated bigamy, declared himself to be really Pierce Egan and said that he had never been out of Australian waters from 18S7 to 1880, wh«*n be shipped as assistant engineer on the Ruapehu. A tornado has swept over Kentucky aud Tennessee. The church at Gatatin was. wrooked during the service and many peopis were injured.

There is a panio iix Argentine securities owing to the failure of the National Bank to pay the recently announced dividends. Gold is at a premium of US.

July 1. In the House of Commons yesterday clauses 1 and 2 of the Western Australia Enabling Bill were carried. -Sir G. Campbell moved an amendment, to clause 3 reserving to the British Government half of the south-western division of the colony.. Mr Morley characterised the amendment as fantastic, and it was negatived. Mr Cremer moved that the oolnial Parliament only bo allowed to le_se la_d» _n_ minea^. Baron de Worms said that such a preposi--tiou was an iusult to the colony. The;amendmeut was negatived by a majority off 135. Clause 3 was finally carried by 190 against 64 and progress was reported." Mr Gladstone is supporting Mr Duncan., the Radical candidate for Barrow-in-_'ur/.. ness, against Mr W. S.. Came, w> 10 resigned to tost the fee'dns* of theeleotocj.on the compensation question. Lord Randolph Churchill is working for Mr Wainright, the Unionist candidate. The Court awarded great credit i 0 the captaiu and crew of the Dacca for the discipline evinced and the rapid landing of the passengers, but regretted the absemce of the captain from the deck at the time of the catastrophe. The revenue for the June quarter shows an increase of £1,146,000 over. the.same quarter last year. .-•"■•■<■ The telegraph operators have ' refused to* work overtime,-and it is feared that great inconvenience to the publio will result Tiie applications for tho debentures of the Western Australian Midland Railway Company have been allotted. They are quoted ut 7 per cent, diicount. The Congo Commercial Company have determined to send an expedition to tho sources of the Congo. TT ] ? nd if d , Bo * a6athß are "Ported in tha United States from sunstroke ' Sullivan refuses to fight Jackson on tho ground of the recent police Restrictions. Two peasants belong% to Epinal irruuw, while gathering Ibrewood oroeaoi. ■ " ?■/... { :l ■" * '

the German frontier. When retiring they were challenged, and not answering, the guard fired and wounded them. A fresh note issued by the Bulgarian Government warns the Porto that if it refuses to recognise Prince Ferdinand tho people will assert their power. Prince Ferdinand only signed the warrant for Major Panitza's exeoution after the Ministry had threatened to resign if he refused.

Sydney, July 1. A Royal Commission has been appointed to enquire into the manner in which the defenoe works at the north of the harbor have been carried out.