CABLE NEWS

Grey River Argus, Volume XXXVII, Issue 9105, 8 April 1895, Page 3

CABLE NEWS

[BY BMOTRIO XHJtGRAPH— COPYRIGHT.] (PER PRESSiASSOOIATION.) (Received Ap'rll^'at 1 10 j'a m.) , ;v LondokJ Aprii 5 « The Hon Mr 'Ward delivered ian Informal addreis to the Colonial Party in the House of Commons. He advocated preferential .trade Crates throughout ,tfee Empire, Imperial postage, and a Paolfic cahle, providing,, the last named Is left.to private enterprise. ...... „ ; r •;.._,-;-,•.,•' Five directors of the Liberator^ Cjni..! pany have been commltti-d fpp trlaj^u.. charges of fraud and conspiracy.' Heavy ball was i n .— »-.,, ABulton,' im-reply to; a^queatibn^ said that it was unnecessary to -consider the question of ■ the representation of \ th^ colonies at the monetary conference until it was convened. (Received a.pril 7,- at 6pm.) < London, i prll 6. - The-; shares in the Weat Australian j Midland' Railway Company have been allotted. ...... 1 Lord FingallV. telegram <re the shoot of gold in the Londonderry mine giving out was received on' April I,' but owing to absence of the directors the, news was _oot published until the sh, thoqgh the shares began to fall on the 2ud. Colonel North offers to deposit' In the hands of the trustees cash and vendor shares equal to the amount of his net profits, the shareholders receiving the income until the Company has earned 10 per cent ' on the capital for two years. He hopes that the other vendo-s will take' a similar action. The papers consider the Colonel's offer a very fair one, and state that the London : directors throughout have acted in good faith. Owing to the attitude adopted by the Ulster members the Irish Land Billpaesei a second time In the House of Commons 1 without a division. For the month of Marsh the imports have increased L 653 ,000 and the exports L 424,000. The English Praas generally regard M Hanotaux's explanation in the French Chamber of Deputies respecting the Niger' and Upper Niln as very unsatisfactory sod a virtual defianoe to England. Oscar Wilde publishes a letter stating " that he abandoned ihe case in order to avoid placing Lord Douglass In the r witness box. After a warrant had been • -issued for Wilde's arrest the police' detained three essential witnesses. Lord Douglass and two 'men remained in conference at ' the Viadaot Hotel, Holborn, for several houra after the trial and lunched together in a private room. Subsequently they drove to a bank, where Wilde withdrew a large Bum of, money. He was then lost sight of nntil arrested In the evening in an hotel at Sloane ttreet. Lord Dnuglaas waß much d Istresied when he found that he was unable to bail him 1 out. After the trial the . Marquis of^Qaeensberysant Wilde a message stating that he would Bhoot him if he-took his son abroad. Taylor has j»lso been and will be charged in conjunction with Wilde. The latter's ' name has been withdrawn from the playbills of London and American theatres. Paris, April 6. News has bten received that the Queen of Madagascar his invited her subjects to bravely realit the French. The newspapers deolare that if M - Hantoaux-remaißß"firin-"he-will repeat in Africa the success achieved in Siam. 3