SECOND EDITION CABLE NEWS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume X, Issue 1936, 22 May 1888, Page 2

SECOND EDITION CABLE NEWS.

By Electric Telegraph. — Copyright, (united press association.) LONDON, May 21. The Admiralty have decided to strengthen tbe Mediterranean squadron by the addition of two ironclads. The Prince of Wales has left for Berlin, to be present at tbe marriage of Prince Henry to Princess Irene of Hesse. A large lunatic asylum in Fifesbire was struck by lightning and took fire and the building was destroyed, but the inmates were all rescued. It is rumored that the Clan-na-Gael organisation has awakened to activity, and that plots against Mr. Balfour and other prominent members favorable to the policy of coercion are perfected. Walßb, a prominent Fenian, who suddenly disappeared from America some time ago, has turned up in Paris. Detectives are closely watching him. ' SYDNEY, May 22. The Daily Telegraph publishes the rail text of Professor Brown's paper, read at the Otago Institute, on the wealth and resources of New Zealand; and, in an article criticising the paper, says that, whatever the awkward aspect of affairs may be, the property of tbe colony is productive, and New Zealand will stand tbe strictest scrutiny. Bad management aud exhausted finances will not lessen the resources of the country, which will still go on producing while wealth accumulates, though stagnation may be general. In the end a genuine state of prosperity will be brought about resting on a more lasting basis than on the expenditure of money borrowed abroad. • MELBOURNE, May 22. Further particulars of the Inglewood tragedy show that the murder of Coagill by Dillon was the result of a quarrel between the men. Dillon was brought before the Magistrate, and committed for trial on a charge of manslaughter. The Government have decided to allow the detained Chinese to land on payment of the poll-tax, but have stipulated in accordance with a recent proclamation that they must reside in a locality specially set apart for them. (special to press association.) LONDON, May 18. In the House of Commons this evening, Sir James Ferguson, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, repeated his denial that England had concluded a treaty with Italy, and he stated that England was free to deal with any questions as they occur. Sir John Gorst, replying to Mr. Howard Vincent, said the Government were not at the present time prepared to disclose what progress had been made with the negotiations with China concerning the Australian difficulty. BERLIN, May 18. Professor Virchow, who has been examining matter discharged from tbe Emperor's throat, reports that tbe presence of cancer is not revealed.