CABLE NEWS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume IX, Issue 1798, 6 December 1887, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

By Telegraph. — Keoter's Copyright. LONDON, December 4. The Parisian and French provincial journals, referring to tbe election of a president, alike rejoice at the peaceful termination of the crisis in that country. The continental press all express satisfaction at the outcome of the difficulty. It says the election of M. Carnot is a peaceful augury. MELBOUENE, December 5. i Tbe Crovernzaenb hare decided^ pending an. agreement with the other colonies for united action in Btopping Chinese immigration, to place additional restrictions upon Chinamen entering Victoria by refusing to recognise naturalisation papers unless evidence of identification is complete. The other colonies having agreed to remove the prohibition against the importation of stock from the United Kingdom, it is expected that Victoria will shortly follow suit. j Ii is understood here tihaG the GovernI ments of New South Wales and Victoria will shortly issue a proclamation prohibitI ing the importation of New Zealand sheep, owing to the outbreak of scab in that colony. Prayers were offered in the Anglican and Presbyterian Churches of this city yesterday for the recovery of the Crown Prince of Germany. The death is announced of Mr. Phil Day, a well-known actor. MELBOUENE, December 6. Telegrams have bee a received by the Premier, Mr. Gillies, from the Governments of Tasmania and Western Australia, expressing their concurrence in the action taken to prevent New South Wales assuming the name of Australia. Mr. Gillies has forwarded copies of the telegrams to Sir Henry Parkes for his inforniation. (SPECIAL TO PRESS ASSOCIATION.) LONDON, December 3. An official bulletin issued to-day announces tnat the disease from which the Crown Prince of Germany is suffering shows no signs of spreading. Sir Saul Samuel, Agent-General for New South Wales, has been granted leave of absence, and will probably sail ior Sydney at the end of the month. It is expected that Sir Samuel Cooper replaces him. The Catherine, bound to Sydney, came into collision with the 6teamer Clyde during a fog off Dover. The Catherine sank, but the crew were resued by the other vessel. Several Nihilist and dynamite factories have been discovered in St. Petersburg, and on a seizure being made severe fighting resulted. Many arrests have |been made. The German Eeicbstag have referred the question of revising the tariff to a commiitee. The correspondent of the Morning Chronicle states the proposed alterations of tbe Landsturm (German Army) will 1 Increase the forces 6y four hundred , thousand. I It is reported that an enormous Bussian j force is stationed along the whole Austrian frontier. The report has occasioned much uneasiness. Her Majesty has accepted several specimens of opals discovered in Queensland. Sir Charles Dilke, speaking at Paddington, said a closer military union with the colonies would enable the Empire to spend less on military preparations, and i would possibly involve A c)oser political league, The Spectator considers that to adopt M. Pasteur's system for remedying the rabbit pest would result in unforeseen horrors. The Admiralty advise the English Government to contribute toward the cost of an Antarctic expedition, on condition tbat a naval officer having experience of polar regions has command of it.