CABLE NEWS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume IX, Issue 1604, 20 April 1887, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

My Telkgraph. — Eeuter's Copyright. ; LONDON, April 18. Australiau mails per Carthage, dated Melbourne, March lltli, wero delivered to day. The Orient Steam Navigation Co. have declared a dividend of ."> per er-nt., and carrif-d forward and placed on the reserve £800. In Mills-street, in the C< unity of Cork, yesterday, an attempt was mtufo co assassinate Mr. Hegarfcy, a magistrate, who received n severe gunshot wound. The man who fired the shot has not yet heeu arrested. [ Tlv division on Mr. Birnhard Samueli son's motion for the rejection of the Irish Cimi'Si JJill will he txken in tlie House ot Ci'umi'>ns to ni.-ht. | SAN FRANCISCO, April 17. A -I vices from Honolulu report that a , p 'lineal fenderalion has been ratified between the Hawaiian and Samoan Governments. SYDNEY, April 19. At the Mnu'mt-in Racin» Club's Autumn ! meeting, held t-> day, Mitrailleuse, who ; was entered for two i\;ces, the Fly in » Han Heap anrl Ca»*eil>m\y Hand'cap, | i"uj!eA !o <>el p)acuA hi feithw GYBYIL ] MELBOURNE, April 10. 1 Sir Henry Loch, Mr. Gillies, Premier,

and Admiral Tryon, confprred to day r>garding Victorian defences. The details of the interview have not yet transpired. A hniral Tryon will leave for Adelaide by the ove 1 land route to-morrow. ADELAIDE. April 19. Applications for space in the forth corning Adelaide Exhibition will neees- ( sifcate an increase m the Size of the building as originally designed.

(special to press association.) LONDON, April 17. The American Nihilists ha7e denounced President Cleveland's extradition treaty. It is reported that a number ofthem have announced their readiness to kill the Czar. The West Australian Land Jarrah Company has been registered, the capital being 15,000 £5 shares. Sir H. Sandford will take with him to the Adelaide Exhibition a collection of paintings and specimens of arms and ammunitions of war. Lord Eoseberry will probably accept the vice-presidency of the London Committee of the Melbourne Exhibition. Fearing the arrival of dynamiters, American vessels are being vigilantly watched. It is reported that the Czar was wounded iv ihe ami during the attempt which was made on his life on the 29th March at Gatschina. The exhibits for the Jubilee Exhibition from the Woolwich Arsenal have been shipped by the Austral. A conspiracy exists to assassinate the Prefects aud Commanders at Shumla, Varna, and Sofia, and the Bulgarian War j Minister, as a prelude to a rising. i Mr. Goschen and the Marquis of Har. tingfon 'have been banquptted at Edinburgh. They were enthusiastically received. Mr. Smith announced in the House of Commons that the statement that a million would be asked for the Imperial Institute was a cauard. A French resident has been installed in the Comoro Islands, between Madagascar and Africa. In the House of Commons, during the debate on the Crimes Bill, Colonel Saunderson accused Mr. Sexton of attending meetings of the Clanargall Murder Society when Egan was elected president. Mr. Sexton replied that Colonel Saunderson was an infernal liar, and threatened to cram the statement down his throat and thrash him within an inch of bis life when he got him outside. A scene of terrific uproar ensued, but finally Saunderson and Sexton, in deference to the Speaker., retracted the. statements. The division on the Crimes Bill will be taken ou Monday. A majority of 90 in its favor is expected. MELBOURNE, April 13. The Deputy-Postmaster- General (Mr. McGowan) has returned from Europe. He brings the latest information with reganl to ihe telephonic and telegraphic systems of Europe, which he will submit , iv a report to the Postmaster-General. A severe coach accident occurred on Friday to a coach between Koroit and Belfast, The vehicle was capsized, and 20 persons were more or less seriously hurt. A serious affray took place at Ciirlton on Friday ni^ht. Three detectives entering a house to make an arrest were set on with clubs and axes and severely maltreated. The police had to be reinforced, and to use revolvers before the men could be arrested. ADELAIDE, April 14. About GOO men went into camp for Easier Heavy yam fell nil the time. The Customs officers have detaiued an oil painting which was intended for an art gallery, on the ground of indelicacy, as portrayed without clothing. The master of the barque Caitloch will be prosecuted for not carrying side-lights for several weeks during the voyage out. He is liable to a fine of £1800, bu<; the board will not press for the full amount. SYDNEY, April 14. An ex-Inspector of Fisheries writes to the Sydney Morning Herald pointing out that the rocks near Green Cape, the scene of the Ly-ee-Moon disaster, are highly chared with magnetism, and suggesting that this affects the compasses of vessels runuing close in shore. Ten tenders from local firms have been received for 44 locomotives required by the Government. The Bulli central relief funds now amount to over £7000. The Trades and Labor Council proposes to hold a monster meeting to protest agaiusfc the present tariff. : , BRISBANE, April 14. At a meeting of Chinese residents it was decided to arrange a suitable reception for the Chinese Commission now on its way to Queensland in a Chinese war vessell. The Separation Council have received a telegram slating that Sir Henry Holland has expressed a desire to hear the question of separation • argued before him by both sides.