Last Night's Cables.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 5900, 4 August 1890, Page 2

Last Night's Cables.

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"London, August 2. At a banquet which followed the unveiling of the Forster statue on the Thames Embankment Lord Cranbrooke eulogised tho Imperial character of Mr Forster's patriotism, and referred to his endeavors to unite Greater Britain with the Mother Country so closely that the federation would become a powerful instrument in carrying out the grand work of civilisation. Lord Knutsford and the Right Hon! Messrs Goschen and Childers were among those present. In response to a sharp protest from the Marquis of Salisbury the Portuguese: Government havo cabled to the ■ at Mozambique to punish tho ciptors of a British steamer. -

Fifteen hundred joiners at Fifeshire have gone out on strike aa a protest against fhe award by Mr Burt apportioning to shipwrights work which thoy allega should be given to joiners. They demand that the question be reconsidered.

The Bristol Docks Committee have arranged with the Anglo-Australian Steam Company for a regular line of steamers to ruu between the Avon-mouth docks and Adelaide, Melbourne, and Sydney. The first steamer will probably leave for the colonies about the middle of this month. The scheme has been largely supported in the west of England. The Economist asserts, as a matter for regret, that the sslection of the railway routes in Victoria was not submitted to a ■?w?h a commissioner, and declares t£at the Government will be compelled to

The prospects of the European crops generally are improving. c Three packages of butter shipped in the Orient Company's steamer Oro Z a, s , from Australia, have arrived in splendid condition, and are not tainted as most previous shipments have been. Australian butter is quoted at 80s, Danish 925. M The Priyy Counoil refuse to accept the appeal of the Tasmanian Railway Company as it is irregular, and tbe directors conl template that the appeal will now be abandoned.

A correspondent of the Daily News gives some horrible details of the treatment to whioh prisoners in Macedonia are subjected Fourteen hundred colliers at PontvDooi have gone out on strike.

The directors of the South Wales Railway Company refuse to discuss the proposal of their employes that only union men should be employed.

Succi's rival Jacques has fasted 42 days ,-.ltw reported that Viscount Dunlo and his wife have become reconciled In the House of Dommons "to-day the Speaker rebuked Sir William Vernon *Har court for accusing the Government of insolence towards the Scotch members. The hon. member resented the Speaker's remarks and an excited scene resulted. « _ Tho Dock Laborers' Union are considering a scheme under whioh the union will contract for the discharge of all ships. -.'.- Two ladies who were bathimr at Niagara were swept over the rapids and drowned Intelligence from Ban Salvador .states that the traitor, General Rivas, escaped from custody, but was recaptured and shot. His body was exposed. , -. Tho premium of gold at Buenos Ayres* ia at 230 per cent. It is expected that the friends of Dr Celman, tho President of the Argentine Repubho, will compel him to resign. Tha populace are still excited, but order is maintained. .--..-- In the United States Senate the Democratio party are moving amendments, to Mr Mpnley's Tariff Bill in the direotionof reducing the import duties. Mr W. Windom, Secretary of the Treasury, has declined to accept a proposal that the Treasury should purchase silver in minimum lots of 10,000 ounces. Acting under British influence the Sultan, of Zanzibar has forbidden the sale or exchange of slaves, and has issued Orders closing the depots formerly used for the. receipt of slaves. He has also agreed thatslaves may purchase their freedom,, and declares that slavery shall end with the death of the present owners. The Arabsaccept this decision with composure. Another plot against the Czar has been discovered among Nihilists, and two officers of the army who were suspected of complicity in the plot havo committed suicide. Numerous arrests have beeu made both at St.JPetersburg and Moscow. The Armenian Patriarch has resigned in consequence of tho Sultan ignoring memorials sent from Armenia urging that assistance be given to the people there with the view of stopping a repetition of the recent atrocities. :

There are indications that pressure is being brought to bear to compel Prince, lerdmand to tesign his claim to the throne. of Bulgaria. Tho outbreak of cholera in Arabia is* rapidlyjspreading, and 100 deaths per day are reported. ... . *

~. . August 3. I he new steamer Hygenia accomplished 23 miles an hour on a trial trip. Iv the House of Commons the Local Taxation Bill has been read a third time. There were nine competitors for ■" the Searlo memorial cup, which was rowed from Putney to Barnes. Ih the fiual heat East defeated Corcoran and Perkins.

Sidney, August 3. By ballot the Lithgow miners have resolved to strike as a protest against the employment of " blacklegs."

Mklbotjrnb, August 3. The Shearers' Union have resolved that the lowest fine to be imposed on any of the "blacklegs" who wish to join the Union shall bo £5. The Union have also decided tbat any men shearing in non-Union sheds after the present date are to be counted " blacklegs" for ever. . (