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Inangahua Times, Volume XVI, Issue 20224, 15 April 1891, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

UNITED PR ESBA-80.0IATION BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH-COPYRIGHT ] Received 13th at 4.45 a.m. Waß4ington, 12." Baron de Gava, Italian Minister, sailed yesteiday. The threat of tlie Italian Government to close diplomatic relations is denied. London, 12. Lord Salisbury has released Oape Coiouy from the annual; payment of £2,000 cost of administration of Basutoland, which will be annexed to the Cape. Received 14, at 1.5 a.ra. London, 13. There are rumors thai lhe liquidation of the Baring's estate, wiil result in the loss ot 5s in the £. The Standard, however, considers the amount is over estimated.Tlir police dispersed a meeting of mill hands on strike at Bradford with their batons. Then) is excitement in the place apd the.'military are held iv readiness. \ Influenza is pievalent in Sheffield and is spreading throughout Yorkshire. It h Bechunaland, not Basutalaud, which is to be annexed to Cape Colony, i Calcutta, 18. Revolting details are to hand of lhe fate of the persons captured by M'tnipuri's. Commissioner. Quinton, two officers and a bugler, vwere hacked to pieces end their ' mutilated bodies thrown outside the walls of Tathu and devoured by dogs. Mr Grimwood and two other officers were shot and their bodies similarly treated. Lieut. Grant's ammunition was exhausted when he was relieved.. "Belgbato, 18. Ex-Kin;? Milan has agreed to leave Servia till his son attains his majority and Government will allow hiui a pension of eighty thou3aud franos per annum. ; Washington, 13. The President and Secretary Blame have disagreed over the question of Canadian reciprocity and it is expected that Blame will; contest the li-xt presidential eiectioni Received 11, at 1030 p.m. j LiNDON, 18. Tenders for ths Victoriin three million loan wpre opened to«say when it waa fouud that only £1,570,000 had been subscribed. One tender was added in order to make up £2,000,000 and the balance was withdrawn. It is believed that neither syndicates nor banks tendered. New JYobk, 18. Smyth's furniture warehouse and dime museum in Chicago has been destroyed by fire. The loss is estitna* t«-d at two million dollars. Eight hundred firemen prevented the flames firm spreading to thei adjoining buildings. Calcutta, 18. The detachments under, Lieutenant Grant and L'resgrave have retired. The fate of the Chief Sena Garti, who provoked the revolt and who was reported to have been killed during the engagement with Lieutenant Grant's dotachmeut at Tlioukl is uncertain. Three relief columns are rapidly m„8 sing at Kohina, Silchar, and Taunt. Received 14, at 10.40 a.m. London, 18. The average trice of the Viotorian loan is 97|. Received 14, at 1.30 p.m. Calcutta, 18. Lieut. Boileau, wing officer of the 2nd batallion of Ghoorkas, who escaped from Minipur, deniea the statement of tho m-surp.r Jbbrtfj thnt women and ohildren have been burned to death by Ghoorkas. New York, 14. The confession of Polity, one of the Now Oriean victims whioh hns been published, proves that those lynched were guilty of the murder of Henne :^y, chief of polioe. I-iflnciizu has spread to this city and to Brooklyn. Numerous deaths are reported uud coffins aie 'conveyed to the Un ml ground in wagons, hearses not lining available iv sufficient nuuibers. London, 13. The highest tender for the Victoriau lonu was £100 0h 6.1. Financiers consider the failure of the loan is the result of the depressed state of the money market and over-borrowing, and declare that it would bo fruitless for uuy of the Australian colonies to re-attempt to pluce another loan on the London market within the next twelve months. Received 14 vi 8 p.m, London, 18, The But hi.uLih iliut waiianU havo been ifesued against Oapt, C. ll, '

Verney, M.P.|for Bucks, and one ofthe Ulster members, for separate grave criminal offences. The Ulster man is alleged to have absconded. Calcutta, 13. Ten thousand Anglo troops are massed at Kohat, on the Afghan fron*. tier. Lieut. Grant had nine days heavy fighting before he was relieved. Paris, 18. Madame Melba's house has beeu burned. The Prima Donna escaped by a ladder in her night dress carrying her jewels with her. She caught a severe cold from the exposure to the right air.