CABLES NEWS

Grey River Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 7314, 8 March 1892, Page 4

CABLES NEWS

By Btectric Telegraph— Copy*'**" (PBR PRESS ASSOCIATION.) (Received March 6, at 6 15 pm) London, March 5. The House of Commonß by a majority of 98 voted the aum of L 20.000 for carrying out the Burvey of a railway route from Mombaasa to Lake "Victoria Nyanza. Mr Gladstone opposed the vote, fearing th»t If the object was carried out It would lead to war with the natives. Mr Rhoderick Nicholas O'Conor, C M 0, succeeds Sir John Walsham as British Minister at Pekin, the latter having heen removed to Bucharest. The Falkland Islanda have been gazettd a colony, and Sir R. T. Goldsworthy will retain the Governorship. The Economist declares that any colony giving an asßuranca to refrain from borrowing fcr the present can count on its necuritles having passed the lowest point. The London c unty council elections are being carried out with gieat animation. The election for the vacant teat of Derbyshire South, caused by the death of Mr A. Wardle, resulted in return of Mr Brood, a Home Rule candidate, by a majority of 1250. The liabilities of the Marquis of Alleabury are B?t down at L 350.000. The value of the assets ia not known. He admits that his insolvency is dne to betting and gambling. The shipbuilding an(? other yards continue to dismisa hands, the owners refusing to pay the panic prices for coal, which has advanced a further la 6d per ton. The trustees in the estate of the Marquis of Stafford are seeking an Injunction to prevent the Doke of Sutherland cutting timber on Trentham estate. Paris, March 5. A burglar who was fleeing from his pursuers in the etreets of .Paris to-day turned on them and shot three dead before being overpowered. Berlin, March 5. A number of unemployed to-day looted the bakers' and butchers' shops in Dantzic. The Grand Duke of Hesse la suffering from a severe attack of paralysis. MADRib, March 5 A great Anarchist plot has been discovered in Barcelona. Lisbon, March 5. Government, with the view of carrying ont a scheme of economy, ha 3 abolished the portfolio of the Minister of Education. Government also decided to import 6000 tons of wheat to avert the scarcity. Rome, March 5. Madama Melba has scored a brilliant triumph in the - opera of Lucia de Lammermore. St Petersburg, March 5. The people'of Poland are much alarmed at the demands made by General Gourko, Governnr-Geneia 1 , who dealrea a fcee hand. Iv order ti s'rike terror among the malcontents the Czir haa granted him increase! power. New York, March 5. Daring the hearing of a charge of horse stealing in an Indiina Court the prisoner fired at the Brnch, killing the Mayor aad Marshal. The culprit was lynched by the mob. The Behring Sea arbitration treaty will be submiited to the Senate next week. The Ma qula of Srlisbu-y ia not vri ling to renew the modus vivoidi, bat will adopt measures to prevent sealing within 30 milea of Pribyloff I ilands. (Received March 7, at lam.) London, March G. The returns of the London County Council elections are not yet complete. Up to the present 87 Prog'es3ists and 21 Moderates have been elected. Lords Rosebery and Canington and Messrs John Burns, John M'Dougall, and W. C. Parkinpon have been returned with large maj Drlties. (Received March 7, at 10 45 a m.) Washington, March 6. The United States Government is unlikely to agree to Saliabury'a proposals regarding the Behrirg sea difficulty. They are regarded a3 unfair and arrogant. The position ia regarded as serions London, March 6. It is reported that Lord Gormanstown Is to be appointed Govarnor of Western Australia, Mr Henry Tate has withdrawn hla offer of LBO.OOO for the erection of a picture gallery at South Kensington, and alao his offer to present his collectkn of pictures as a nucleus for a national gallety of British art because the Chancellor of the Exchequer haa failed to provide a suitable site for the building. The Press «-xpresa genera 1 regret at the splendid offer not being accept -d.