YESTERDAY'S CABLES.

Evening Star, Issue 7875, 6 April 1889, Page 1

YESTERDAY'S CABLES.

Home and Foreign.

Mr Tebbs, of Auckland, won the Treasurer's exhibition in anatomy and physiology at the Westminster Hospital The prices of frozen mutton and beef remain unchanged. At the London wool sales prices were firm at last quotation. Information has been received that Arab traders, who have arrived at Stanley Palls, declare that towards the end of February they saw Mr H. M. Stanley and Emin Bey marching in the direction of Zanzibar. They were followed by thousands of men, women, and children, who were carrying with them 6,000 tusks of ivory. At Elswick works, an experiment has been made with a new process of plating iron with copper, which has recently heen patented in England by Captain L. Prout, the well-known mining manager and speculator, of South Australia. The experiment was successful, but it is doubted whether the process is applicable to large plates. Earl Morley has been appointed Chairman of Committees in the House of Lords.

The Budget will be introduced in the House of Commons on the 15th itjst., and on the following day Parliament will be adjourned until the 26th, for the Easter holidays.

The Right Hon. H. C. E. Childers, in the House of Commons, moved an amendment objecting to provide money for the naval programme except by annual vote. The amendment was negatived by a majority of 33. The resolution, embodying the naval proposals of the Government, was carried by a majority of 87. In his address before ' The Times '- Parnell Commission to-day, Sir Charles Russell justified the system of boycotting within limits, and gave as an instance the Australian colonies boycotting Government officials until the deporting of convicts ceased. He promised to produce the books of the National League. The appeal of Mr D. Kilbride, member for Kerry South, who was sentenced to three months' imprisonment on a charge of inciting, has been dis-

missed. The death is announced of the Marquis of Ely. It is reported at Kiel that the cruiser Habight and the gunboat Wolf have bsen ordered to proceed to Samoa, An Imperial order, issued by the Emperor, laments the loss of life and ships at Samoa, and says that the devotion of the Natives furnishes a bright example to the navy.

Australian.

The strike among the Brisbane printers is extending, but the master printers have decided to hold out. The newspaper runners have also gon out on strike. The West End saw mills at Brisbane were destroyed by fire to-day. The insurance was L 2,250, but it is estimated that the damage over insurance is LIO.OOO. Both the New Zealand and South British Offices have a line of LSOO on the premises.