CABLE NEWS.

Grey River Argus, Volume XXXIX, Issue 6984, 9 February 1891, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

By ISlcctcJc Telegraph— Copyright, (PEK PBESS ASSOCIATION.) (Received February 6, at 10 30 a m.) Capetown, Febuary 9, Mr Cecil Rhodes, the premier, repudiates the statement that concessions have been made to Portugal in Manicaland, and he refuses to grant the Portuguese Government a atrip of territory across the continent. Washington, February 6. The silver party will probably make an attack on the Free Coinage Supply Bill. London, February 6. It is reported that the concessions promised by Mr Gladstone to the Home Rule party in respect to the settlement of the land and the contt ol of the police in Ireland are considered satisfactory by Messrs O'Brien, Dillon and M'Carthy, but Mr Parnell is alao claiming' the control of the militia. Sardou's play " Thermidor" which has been prohibited in Paris owing to the radicals objecting to the criticisms in it ou Robespierre, will shortly be produced in London, New York, and Australia. The shipowners in Cardiff declare that they will Jay up their vessels for twelve months rather than surrender their freedom of seleotion of craws. The Times in referring to the failure of

the South Australian loan considers it will be a useful lesson io the colonies, as they are inclined to presume too much on the readiness of investors to lend. (Received February 7, at 11 30 a m. London, February 6. A report, which however lacks confirmation, is in circulation t> the effeot that France haa agreed to buy Portugal's rights In South Africa, and to abandon her claims on the Newfoundland fisheries on condition that England admits French sovereign rights in Portuguese Africa. Valparaiso, February 6. Street fighting has taken place at Castro, a town In the south of Chile, numbers Dn both sides being killed. The Insurgents are losing ground everywhere. Washington, February 6. The Foreign Affairs Committee in the House have passed a string resolution of sympathy with the Jews in Russia on account of the harah treatment they are subjected to. The Postal Conference will meet on February 26. The order of business haa not yet been arrived at, but two of the principal items will be the discussion of postal and, cable rates.