CABLEGRAMS.

Inangahua Times, Volume XVI, Issue 219, 14 January 1892, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

BRITISH and FOREIGN

[BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH — COPYRIGHT.]

UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.

Received Jan. 12, at 8.40 p.m.

London, Jan. 11

In a paper read by Professor Anderson Stuart of Australia, he defended intellectual life . in the colonies and eulogises the students as hard working especially the ladies. He favors heteroi genity in governing bodies of universities, and advises adequate representation of all interests concerned. The investment of funds would require men of commercial experience and ' capacity. He advised that Government nominees, graduates,, leaders affiliate with the college, and students should all be represented. He further • urged that the professional board ought to be entrusted with greater responsibility. A city firm holds £700,000 of Victorian stock.which have depreciated from 1 to 2 per cent since the purchase of 5 per cents. ' The* residents of the Cape will make a present to. the Duke of Clarence and 3 Avondale on his marriage. t Sir Charles Tupper and the agentsgeneral for the colony banquet Sir j • Uobt* Herbert of the Colonial Ofrice at the Hotel Windsor on the 22nd inst. >; The .temperature of the Duke of Jft^tenca and Avondale is lower, but that there tional land in the Argentine Kepublie. Three colonies in Buenos Ayres are already populated. 20,000 Russian j Jews will be sent to the Argentine this c year. \ Morocco, Jan. 11. ( The rebels are advancing on. Tangiers. c London, Jan. ll. j The death is announced of General i R. A. Dorea, of the Madras Infantry. , The English doctors were cou- ] suited in the Khedive's case, but too , late to save his life. j St. Petersburg,. Jan. 11. , The prohibition of the export of j ] wheat has been extended to Finland, j where a famine is reported. ] Ottawa, Jan. 11. i The Canadian Government intend j to sue Pacaud for tho $100,000 in ! '. connection with the Bai de Chaleur J Eailway contract. Received Jan. 12, at 8.30 p.m. London, Jau. 11. Mr W. B. Perciyal, Agent-General for New Zealand, in a letter to the ! : Times, ably expounds and defends New \ Zealand taxation. He deuies that j taxation of foreign capital has increas- ! ; e,d, except in the instances where : i money has been invested in large areas i of unimproved land. . i Mr Hill Wells, the Londoner, whose winnings at Monte Carlo recently attracted much attention, is again at the table playing, but this time he has been a continual loser. Aden, Jan. 11. The Yemen rebels are marching on Sanara, the capital of Yemen. The Turkish troops have been despatched to oppose their advance. Ottawa, Jan. 11. Lady M'Donald widow of the late Premier of Canada, is suing the Toronto Globe for libel for stating that she had been implicated in wrongful land speculation. Paris, Jan. 11. A Turkish correspondent has been expelled from France. Hong Kong, Jan. 11. The reported suppression of the rising in Northern China is doubtful. Madrid, Jan. 11. Those engaged in the attack on Xeres, were chiefly workmen, several of whom were killed. ; Received Jan. 13, at 1 a.m. Buenos Ayres, Jan. 12. A revolt has taken place. Among the insurgents are two regiments at Buenos Ayres who are concerting with the insurgents, and the garrison is being reinforced. London, Jan. 12. Admiral M'Kenzie has died from influenza. < The Walsall anarchists were engaged preparing bombs under the i direction of foreign outlaws for simul- \

taneous outrages on the capitals of Europe on May lat. Similar manufactures were proceeding in the North of England and Scotland. Tangiers, Dee. 12. A great force of rebels is looting the country in the vicinity of Tangier. Loxdos Jan. 12. Th« Auckland Harbor Board Dabentures have fallen three per cent. Rome,' Jan. 12. ■ On Friday, eighty-four deaths were reported m Home from influenza, ninety in Milan, and sixty -six in Turin. Received Jan. 13, at 11 a.m. St. Petersburg, Jan. 12. Anti Jewish riot 3 have broken out at Saratov, on the Volgi ; many houses were burned, and several Jew 3 killed. The Novo3toi chides the impatience of Prance to secure the im-riadiafce evacuation of Egypt by the British.. London, Jan. 12. Count Lsd Tolstoi writas to fcb.3 Daily Telegraph that, though tti3 famine in Russia is severe, tha people are strong, gay, and healthy, and drunkenness is rife.

Vienna, Jau. 12. The French delegates of the Sanitary Conference de3ire to compel all ships arriving at Suez to undergo disinfection throughout. It is possible a compromise may be arrived at with re3pect to British vessels.