CABLEGRAMS

Mataura Ensign, Volume 15, Issue 1356, 16 January 1894, Page 3

CABLEGRAMS

I BRITISH, FOREIGN AND I ; 1.-JSIIBKCOIiONIAL.

' ' t^BeM' PBEBB ASSOCIATION.]

, Lp^poN,. January 13,

Bishop Webber, of Queensland, speakinir at tho Colonial Institute, said tbe greatest , need, of Australia, was .population. Australia was a' land of promise crying loudly for men and ' women, arid the Colonies offered' gretter-yesourceo.. than the average resident in Great Britain could .obtain, in any other portion of the' empire. „ , The.Narrandera mutton, chilled in the district and Sent down to'the seaboard to be frozen, has "arrived in' splendid condition. the change in the method of preserving will ba of great benefit. •'■ ' ' ' '

A gentleman, of iChelmsford, in Essex, named Lindus, quarrelled with and shot his wife, and afterwards "a solicitor named Jacobs, in his office in London; Both _, ; are in a precarious condition. Lindus has been arrested.

*- question, ia fhe House of Com^jbflsj-i^Asquith.^aome^cpetar^ aaidthe Government hoped it would be possible! tc award,' compassionate allowance, to the relatives of the men killed in repressing the Featherstone riot during the coalstrike, though they bad no legal claim. Owing to the Minister's attitude in this matter, it is expected the Irish members will 'demand compensation for the' families of the victims killed at Mitchelstow'n in September, 1887. . Some difficulty is likely to be experienced over Welfißbt.6et.ween Mitchell and Qorbett for L4OOO, which had been arranged to take place on the stage of the Ihmil Athletic Glub, at Jacksonville, Florida, on, I January. 26V The sheriff; in obedience,'toi.n^ruQtions,haß threatened to proclaim martial law in order to prevent; the-TOontest being carried out, but the local militia have intimated that they will-,, refuse '?k>. „ adopt ,the Governor's orders. '\,\j ; | '.-,. ■;'."/.-, ... -TIJ6 Coptic on her, way Home was under ; fire from tbe rebel forts, but was not injured. Officers of a British man-of-war removed her to a safe anchorage. Th<S Bank of New Zealand has decided not to issue new capital. \ ' ' The Government are being urged to sell part of their Suez. Canal shares and devote the' proceeds to the construction. of additional .warships. K.if^ted that a djfference has arisen; among members of tbe Cabinet about the extent of. the increase. o£ the navy. St Petersburg,. January 13.

New ; additions to the Russian fleet Wtll.be. allotted v»s follows :— The Baltic, three, warships,: two cruisers, and eight torpedo boats ; the' Black Sea, two ironclads. ' ■-,' : ri;

!Pabis, .'January 13., The Anarchist Vaiilant,'who', threw, a bombia the'Chamber.'bf Deputies last moiitji,' has .heen,sentenced to death. The jury i only debated.nalf an.hour.before returning i a, ,y«r diet. The. trial lasted six hours. Vaillant refuses to appeal'againsi' the sentence. He preserved his cynical demeanour all through, and -heard 'the sentence unmoved. When called upon to .fl&sfciiwS Reiterated , regret : at JtKe> »mall numt(er o£ Deputies who -were hurt by the explosion. He read a long document abusiog the monied classes, : and dwealt .^bn 1 ! the miseries of the masses, quoting Darwin and Herbert Spencer. The Palais' de Justice bristled with' armed guards during the hearing of the case. ,-<iH?;i!F.-'J' * , ;'»'i" 7 - -',:"-•■ ■ Capbtown, Jauuary 13. information from Matabeleland states that' the 'Matab'eles at Inyonya have murdered white travellers' from Zambesi. The'court ofrinquiry set up to investigate the shooting of two of King Lobengula's envoys at' Tati have acquitted all con- , cerned from blame. The Court attributes the", shooting to the omission of Mr Daws'on, the Suluwayo .. trader who accompanied the envoys, to inform the officials of the status of the victims. Details of the disaster to Captain Wilson's detatchmeht show that after the king had sought flight on horseback the Matabeles re-faced the pursuers, who made a gallant stand. Thelatter's horses were shot down, and behind these they held the combatants at bay to4he last, and did great effect with their revolvers. Eventually the Matabeles, who overwhelmed the British in numbers, made a rushing attack, and using their assegais with deadly effect killed, all the detachment. Captain Wilson's force consisted of Captains Fitzgerald, Judd, Kirton, and Barrow, Lieutenants Hughes, Hofmeyer, Bradburn, Scott, Harding, Brown, and Barkley, Corporals King, Lock and Colqoboun. Troopers "W'lby (2), Robertson, Hillet, Yogel (son of Sir Julius Yogel), Dillon, Money, Louis, Devon, Watson, Brock, Britton, Bath, Thompson, Mackenzie, Meiklejohn, and Abbott. Melboubne, January 15. In connection with the retirement of the .Railway Commissioners, the names of Messrs W. Conyers and F. Black, formerly of New Zealand, are mentioned as applicants to fill the positions t emporarily It is also stated that Mr John Mathiesoin, Chief Commissioner of Queensland, is not areise. to coming to Melbourne. Mr^LyleV petition in favor of Mrs Kndrr, under sentence of death for child murder, suggested a reprieve mainly on tho ground of the success which has attended the abolition of the death peDalty in other countries. The Governor replied that aa the death penalty was in vogue in Victoria the' petition was untenable. The convict has confessed to the murder of two children, and has withdrawn the charge made against other persons. A large fire in the General Post Office destroyed the instruments and fitting room, and damaged the dead letter and parcels post branch. The amount of the damage is set down at LISOO. Some very valuable instruments were lost. A sensational attempt at burglary occurred at a pawnbroker's shop m Williamstown last nigbt. The turglar fired twice at the proprietor while tryii g to get away, and wounded him slightly. The man was intercepted by the pawnbroker's son, whom hesbot through the body,. but -the wounded, man held him until he was arrested. The latUr has died from his injuries. An accomplice of tho burglar was also arrested. Bbisbahb, January 13. A goods train at Lougreach ran over a trolly. ' Most of the occupants jumped off and escaped without serious injury, but a woman and child were cut to pieces. The pastoralista in the districts around the Gulf of Carpentaria are taking concerted action to induce -a company to commence operations on the Gulf for the export of frozen meat. .They have given a pledge to take up a certain number of

shares in the company, paying lot them - 1 in either cash or cattle, and guarantee to j supply at least 5 per cent, of their stock. They are prepared to deliver cattle for fd per lb dead weight. Perth, January 13. Cnishipgs at the Murohison goldfiolds ate yielding from 3oz to soz per ton.

All the country in tbe vicinity of the Upper Fortescue, 'in ' the north-west division of the colony, is under water. The wall of water rose 30ft in half an hour. Sydney., January 13. There has been a large increase in "t.)te" betting hou>es,-and attention has been drawn to the fact in the Legislative Asembly, causing the Minister for Justice to make inquiry as to the prevalence of the evil. As. a result he has written a minute addressed to tho officers in' his department, that in his opinion nothing but imprisonment without the option of a fine will destroy the dishonest , traffic of "tote" shops. A suspicious occurrence took place off the heads on Thursday. A French barque, after standing a couple of mil&s off the land, hove-to and picked up a smail sailing boat containing two men, who are supposed to be. levanters. It has been known for some days that an employe of a well-known firm in this city has victimised his employers to the extent of several thousand pounds, but the : police authorities declare that this man is still in the colony. The barque was bound for the Marshall Islands.

;A confideMial employe of- 30 years' standing in the Well-known shipping firm of Lorimer and Eome committed a series of embezzlements extending over a period of 27 years, amounting to L 13.000. Tbe loss falls entirely on the Sydney hou-e, which is almost crippled by it.The firm are not faking any steps at present to prosecute.