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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 6258, 21 September 1891, Page 4

Cable News.

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London, September 18. The dockers engaged at the Victoria docks have struck for an increase of a penny an hour. September 19. Alexander Jacques has comploted his selfimposed task of 60 duys' fasting. Towards the end of the teiin he suffered somewhat severely from gout, but to demonstrate that his strength was not materially reduced he earned Mr Kennedy, the mesmerist, twice across tho room. During b>'s fast Jacques lost2Bilb. _ At the wool pales prices are unaltered. Sat* Fb&ncisco, September 13. A plot has been discovered to dynamite the San Quinton prison, California. Ottawa, September 19. The French portion of the population of Quebec are greatly excited at the Federal Government's interference with the affairs of the Provincial Government in connection with the charges preferred against the Hon. H. Mercier, Premier of Quebec, who will probably resign. . The Liberal party exalt M. Mercier as the champion of provincial autonomy. _____ „„, . _ n

Paeis, September 20. Lea Debats, in referring to the recent speech of the Emperor of Germany, considers that he is posing strictly as a military Emperor, who is eager for revenge. It goes on to say that her previous successes urge France to regard the oratorical slips of the German monarch with composure. Beblin, September 20. The Emperor is anxious that the biithday of Karl Theodore Korner, the popular German poet aud patriot, who in 1813 incited the expulsion of the French, shall be celebrated with enthusiasm on Wednesday next. Vienna, September 19. It is reported that the Archduke John, who was believed to have been lost at sea during a voyage to Valparaiso in October laßt year, holds a leading position in the Junta's army. September 20. The Austrian Minister of War demands that the peace footing of the Austrian army shall be increased by 29,000 men and the erection of a third fortified camp in Galicia. The Minister of Finance is opposed to the increase, and threatens to Tesign if the proposal is carried out. A split in the Cabinet iB likely to result, and the Emperor Franois Joseph" will probably be asked to settle the difference.

Madeid, September 20. I Great floods have been experienced by tho overflow of the rivers Armaguilla, Tagus, Guadalquiver, and Edro. Hundreds of thousands of residents have been rendered homeless, and the sufferers are reported to be in a starviug state. Anarchy is feared and owing to tho suspension of railway traffic both" money and provisions, which are available in Madrid, are prevented from reaching those who are in need. Shocking loss of life bis occurred in Übeda, a fertile plain lying between the Guadalquiver and the Guadalimer, through the floods, and the damage is estimated at 20,000,000 pesetos. In Consuegra 58 streets have been washed away. The British residents in Spain bay subscribed 300,000 francs to the national relief fund, which now amounts to £100.000. Bbussels, September 19. Aveling, one of tho leaders of the British faction at the Brussels Labor Congress, has been fined 40s for thrashing a colleague during a violent quarrel in connection with the proceedings. St. P-itebsb-oeg, September 20. The Novoe Vremya, in discussing the action of the British squadron in manoeuvring at Sigri, demands the punishment of the Admiral who was responsible for the scare. . Phylloxera is spreading in southern Russia, and the vineyards in the Crimea are hopelessly ruined, Melbootjne, September 20.

General Booth received an immense ovation on hi 9 arrival here, and thousands were unable to gain admission to the exhibition building where the reception was held.