CABLE NEWS.

Hastings Standard, Issue 206, 28 December 1896, Page 4

CABLE NEWS.

(Per J'irsx Axxiuiatioii. —< ''•pyriifht.) London, Dec. 21. Colonel Sanderson has joined in the demand for a reduction of Irish taxation. Me-srs Dillon and Healey met to concert a scheme with Archbishop Walsh. Three convicts escaped from Dartmoor One was .shot dead by the warders and the others recaptured. Earl Russell, whose family differences have so often been before the law-courts, lias received letters threatening to .shoot him. Hubert Oackenthorpe, the wellknown author, left a Paris hotel a fortnight ago to take a walk. His body was found in the Seine to-day. The Premier refuses to ask Parliament for a vote in aid of distressed Armenians. He considers charitable contributions should be sufficient. Gaudaur has challenged the fro rid to row him for the championship at Toronto in June, or he will meet Harding or Barry in England in August. Heavy arrivals of New Zealand hares have spoiled the market, and they are slow of sale at 2s yd; rabbits flat at yd. Doc. 25. The inquiry into the sinking of the Orotava was adjourned for a week. The solicitors of the owners stated that the vessel listed while coaling and not using ballast tanks, two valves and a coal port being left open. The St Mawe's Castle has been posted as missing. She is a small steamer of lo tons which left Liverpool for Fremantle, W.A., in March, and Capetown on July 11. Dec. 2G. Messrs Waddell and Co. in their review of the frozen meat trade state that it is impossible to properly organise the distribution of the article until colonial production and transport are controlled. Many damaged cargoes, especially from New Zealand, have seriously prejudiced sound - shipments, and occasioned the loss of tens of thousands of pounds. The rejection of inferior carcases at the freezing works would be the most beneficial means to meet the competition of the Argentine Republic. Numerous parcels of Queensland beef too were unsuitable for Home consumption. The report adds that damaged meat has been destructive to the trade for years and as it largelv occurred before landing it will, unless remedied, cause irreparable injury. The Paris correspondent of the Times states that the Powers, in friendly terms, have informed the President of the United States that they will not remain impassive if the Cubans are recognised and encouraged in the present dispute. Europe, he states, is uneasy at the action of America in menacing the Powers as to possessing territory in close proximity, and in the event of America officially taking sides with Cuba Germany is willing to side with Spain. The filibuster Three Friends is said to have had a sharp conflict with a Spanish gunboat, but succeeded in landing arms and munitions of war, and then escaped after a second fight in which two cruisers were disabled by quick-firing guns. The French and Italian Embassies at Alexandretta have asked their respective Governments to send a squadron there to be ready to take action in the event of the acquittal and granting of an amnesty to Maghar, murderer of Salvatore. Washington, Dec. 21. Mr Olney. Secretary of State, declares that Spain has still power to avert a rupture without losing Cuba if she will allow the United States to settle the matter. The Bank of Minnesota has suspended. It is believed that the Chicago and other western banks have heavy amounts locked up in it. The future outlook is uncertain. Constantinople, Dec. 23. The Embassies are considering fresh proposals and have agreed that coercion is expedient. Russia is among those favorable to this view. Dec. 21. The Armenian Patriarch refused to admit his compatriots to be solely reponsible for the recent troubles. He professed himself satisfied with the reforms offered, and did not desire foreign j assistance, lie dec-lined to guarantee an entire cessation of agitation and preferred to resign instead, but the Sultan refused to allow- him to do so. Five hundred members of the New Turkey Party arrested in this city refused to give their names and only revealed them under torture. Paris, Dec. 26. It is believed that Mr Crackenthorpe, whose body was found in the Seine, committed suicide. Calcutta, Dec. 24. The plague has appeared at Ivurachee and is increasing at Bombay. Madrid, Dec. 23. The Philippine rebels were victorious in an engagement at Cavetenovata. The Spaniard?, who lost heavily, retired. Ottawa, Dec. 24. Twenty-seven Canadian returning officers have been arrested for conspiring to defeat the popular will at the June elections. Berlin, Dec-. 24. The decision of the French Army authorities to introduce the Canet gun will probably compel Germany to improve her artillery at a cost of two million marks. Hamburg, Dec. 25. The English dockers here have gone on strike, demanding higher wages. The employers show a disposition to arrange with the old hands. Athens, Dec. 24. By terrible floods in northern Greece many were drowned. Cape Town, Dec. 25. Lord Rosemead has summond a brigade of Griqualand volunteers to suppress the outbreak of Taungos, who fired on the police because they shot their cattle affected by the rinderpest.

Two hundred Kimbe-rley police cooperate.

Mr Rhodes received an ovation on j his arrival at Port Elizabeth. He compared his sufferings to those of the Patriarch .Job, and said he aimed, with a regard to racial feelings, at uniting North Africa with the Cape. Dec. 26. I The police and volunteers attacked j 5000 natives of Bechuanaland who are in revolt, owing to shooting cattle to prevent the spread of rinderpest. The latter were armed with rifles, and assegais, and commanded by the chief, Gallsbeve. The first position at Pakawani was carried, and in doing so two officers were wounded. Walala, chief of the Taungos, preserves a passive attitude. St Petersburg, Dec. 25. The Czar has authorised the construction of Eastern-China railway in the province of Kerin, to connect with the Siberian railway. Shares are to be limited to Russians and Chinese. Teheran, Dec. 25. The late Shah left £40,000,000. His successor has decided to devote onetenth of it to public purposes. Melbourne, Dec. 26. According to the Argus an attempt was made to doctor the pitch in the recent N.S.W.-South Australian cricket match at Adelaide. Since a similar attempt succeeded some years ago a watchman has been on duty and it was owing to this precaution that the I present attempt was prevented. | A woinan named O'Rourke and her daughter were overtaken by a bush | fire in the Grampians near Stawell, and both being severely burned have since died. The husband who went to the rescue was also badly injured, and is in a precarious condition. Phylloxera is spreading in the Bendigo district, which will be declared infected, and the vineyards destroyed. Sydney, Dec. 22. The ship Carrick which left Newcastle on December 9th coal laden for Valparaiso foundered 350 miles southeast of Cape Howe. The vessel struck an unknown object and commenced to leak. The captain endeavored to make New Zealand but the water gained through the pumps becoming disabled. The vessel was abandoned when the decks were awash aud the crew took to the boats and safely reached Eden. At Bourke the thermometer registered 110 in the shado yesterday. The police authorities view the proposal to board the Swan Hilda, the vessel in which Butler, the Glenbrook murderer, is supposed to have left Newcastle for San Francisco, as a great mistake, as it is just possible it will put Butler on his guard and cause him to destroy any evidence of his crime in the shape of documents belonging to the murdered men. On the other hand Captain Fraser is known to be a stern officer and may place Butler in irons in order to facilitate his capture on arrival at San Francisco. Brisbane, Dec. 26Three packets of dynamite were stolen from a magazine, placed in a bucket at the mouth of the shaft of the Brilliant mine, Charters Towers, and exploded, wrecking the shaft. One man was injured. A heavy beam was sent through a cottage 200 yards distant, and dropped by the bedside of two children. Hobart, Dec. 24. The degree of Bachelor of Law has been conferred on Miss Wilson, of Launceston, the first lady graduate admitted to the Tasmanian University. The Premier, in a memorandum dealing with the position and intentions of the Government, states that during the three years he has been in office he has effected savings aggregating £190,000 and intends to continue the policy of economy and pay off the floating debts as soon as possible. The main planks, including the better distribution of fruit in England, will be pushing the timber trade in South Africa, and giving State aid to farmers. He finds it impracticable to abandon the income tax on wealth not otherwise liable to taxation but favors its reduction from a shilling to ninepence in the £1 on realised wealth and 8d to 6d on income from personal exertion , also an increase of the exemption for the relief of recipients of small fixed salaries. He proposes to bring the land tax exemption within £l5O. Sir Edward