CABLEGRAMS

Mataura Ensign, Volume 17, Issue 17, 12 April 1895, Page 6

CABLEGRAMS

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[From Press association | London, April 10. Lord William Bercsford is betrothed to the Duche3s of Marlborough. • The Times ' considers that tho revonuo returns of the Australian colonies indicate a financial revival and the approach of botter times. Ifc is reported that all the German chambers of commerce havo disapproved of bimetallism, and havo asked the Government nos to join in the proposed Monetary Conference. The Popo will issue afc Easter an appeal urging tho Protestants of England to favor union with the Roman Catholic Church. The House of Commons, by a majority of GO, accepted Mr Dalziel' s motion in favor of holding a second billot where no candidate secures an absolute majority of the v6tes cast. . Mr Balfour declares that the Irish Lind Bill is destined to ferment perpetual disorder iii Ireland. The Earl of Lyttelton sailed by the Orotava for Australia. ' The Times/ commenting on tho position of tho Londonderry mine, says that fcho shareholders joined the venture^ with their eyes opened to the real meaning of the audacious reauest for LG50.000, while the • Pill Mall Gazette ' thinks it impossible to trust any of the Coolgardie experts. Lord Fingall, being interviewed afc Perth, said the cutting out of the rich shoot came as a surprise. He thinks the mine and adjacent property should ba thorougbly tested. Colonel North now declines to receive any money on account oi the mine till shareholders have been refunded their money with 50 per cent, interest. Oscar Wilde, in his letter to the press explaining his reason for abandoning the case, states that he is willing to bear the ignominy in order to avoid calling Lord Douglas to give evidence against his father,. but says the son was eager and quito willing to enter the witness-box. The Cionmel Bench have committed for trial nine residents of Bally valoa for the murder of Bridget Cleary, who was roasted over a fire in order to extort an admission that she was a witch. The husband, father, aunts, and cousins of the victim aro implicated in the crime. The Right Hon. A. W. Peel, in resigning the Speakership, made an eloquent speech, in which he Raid he trusted the House of Commons would, in conducting its business, continue to be a model for colonial and foreign assemblies. Sir W. V. Harcourt, Leader of the House, gave notice of motion thanking Mr Peel for the emiuenfc services he has rendered to the Stale, and praying fche Queen would suitably reward him. The motion was seconded by the Right Hon. A. J. Balfour, Leader of tho' Opposition in the House. When the Right Hon. A. W. Peel left ihe Speaker's chair the members of the House rose in a body, and, standing with their heads uncovered, cheered him again and again. Mr W. C. Gully, Liberal member for Carlisle, was elected Speaker of fche House of Commons, by a majority of eleven votes over Sir W. M. Ridley, the candidate supported by tho Ministry. Tho butchers consider that the bullocks by the Buteshire were excellent except that they were too old and slightly wasted from tho • effects of tho voyage. They were killed at Smithfield, aud tho meat is selling afc s:}d. The market is unusually good, owing to the scarcity of American meat. Thirty of the Buteshire's sheep have bef-n killed and aro selling at s„d to Gd per ib. They averaged G4ib in weight. [The Hon, 11. J. Seddon has received the following cable inegsage from fche Agentgeneral :— "New Zealand cattle and sheep, after 12 hours' detention after arrival, were found, free from disease, and ceasa to be deemed foreign animals,"] Sir P. H. W. Currie, British Ambassador in Turkey, has had a cordial interview with ths Sultan, during which the Armenian reforms were discussed. The olher embassies support the British demands for a cessation of the atrocities. President Cleveland has declined to be nominated for a third term as President of the United States. After the Ed.st.er recess Lord Rosebery intends to present a bill in the House of Lords providing for certain colonial judges beiag appointed members of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. The * Pall Mail Gazette ' states that the Sultan of Turkey has invited its editor to proceed to Armenia as an independent commissioner in connection with the inquiry into the recent atrocities. Sir Thomas Powell Buxton has been apppointed- Governor of South Australia. Countess Russell, during her evidence in the application for tho restoration of conjugal Vignts, apologised for tho charges against Roberts in connection with her husband, made twelve months ago. Toe Local Veto Bill, introduced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, is almost identical with the measure of 1593. Sir W. Harcourt said ifc would be unwiso afc . present to enforce uuiversal Sunday closing, and impossible to impose it in London. Tho zone to which such restriction was applied would have to be left to the decisiou ot a local option poll. The bill substitutes a simple [bare] majority instead of a two-thirds majority as formerly proposed in order to secure a reduction of licences. Colonial North believes that the Londonderry mine will eventually prove to be ix sound speculation. Constantinople, April 10. Evidence collected by the commission to inquire into lhe Armenian atrocities confirms the published accounts of tbo brutality of the Turkish soldiery. iVsring an attack by Russia, the Sultan of Turkey has mobilised 100,000 roservfcs ou fcli3 Russian frontier. Bhussels, April 10. The appeal in the caso of Mrs Joniaux, sentenced to dßath for potyoning her relatives, has beea G-isallowed. Buenos Ayres, April 10. Jabez Balfour has sailed for England in custody, lo answer charges in connection with'the Liberator Building Society aad other inalitufcions with which he was connected. Sydney, April 10. The Rev 11. R. Hawcis, the well-known English preacher find lecturer, who is a passenger by the Miowera, begins an extended lecturing tour in the colonies. In tho cour.se of an interview Sir Maurice O'ilorko referred in favorable ttfrnn to the working of the " timo limit " in the N.'/i. 11 ouse of Representatives, bufc snid that; an alteration waa needed to mnko tin? system apply with equal benefit, whi*u the House sat in Committee. Much attention has beon drawn to tho cft.se of Dean, sentenced to death for attempting to poison hia wife. Tho chief attention has been through Judge Windeyor'a direction to the jury. The Lufcer, after eight hours' deliberation, not having arrived al a vmlict, the judge informed tbem that the issuo waa so clear

hat he thought he must have failed to make himself plain, adding that if they did not arrive at a verdicfc they would be locked up from Saturday night until Monday morning. The jury thereupon returned in seven minites with a verdict ' of " Guilty,'' with a recommendation to mercy. The « Daily Telegraph ' considers the jury's verdicfc literally taken out of the judge's mouth. The Melbourne 'Argus' says a judge is grossly transgressing his duty when he employs any kind of coercion to force a verdict. Melboubne, April 10. During the past season the area of wheat under crop in Victoria was 120,000 acres less than the previous year, wbile the total yield was about 4,000,000 bushels below the preceding year's yield, the average being 2.05 bushels per acre below last season. The aggregate area under cereal and other crops last year showed an insrease of 00,000 acres. Oats, barley, potatoes, and hay showed a largely increased acreage, A New York syndicate has asked, through a representative, that the Central Broken Hill mine be placed under ofler to them until the 15th August for L 150.000, with L3OOO deposit, which will . be forfeited if the contract is not completed on the date mentioned. The shareholders will bo called together shortly to consider the offer. Mr Wilson, tho dairy produco expert, in his report shows that the total dairy produce exported last season was as follows : — Butter, 11,500 tons, (as compared with 7300 tons for the previous season); cheese, 370 tons. The total value of the produce exported for the year was L 1,109,000. Mr Wilson urges the Government to make a small change f>r grading, packing, and supervising export. „ Rand has been committed for trial on a charge of an unnatural offence. Brisbane, April 10. A telegram from Port Douglas states that very severe floods have been experienced in the Daintree district. During Friday night the river rose Bft higher than ever known before. A cottage containing Mrs Eeynolds, Gertie Reynolds, and Leslie Fischer was swept away down the river and smashed to pieces, all three occupants being drowned. A man named Masterton, with his wife and family, went down the river on the top of a house. One of the boys was killed, and Masterton had his leg broken, while his wife and baby took refuge in a tree when the house collapsed, and were there 24 hours before they could be rescued. A man named King and a black gin also perished in tho flood. Most of the settler*? on the river bank lost their houses and provisions. Another European leper, named John Brown, has been discovered at Normanton, and immediately isolated. Adelaide, April 10. The Shearers' Union have decided to oppose the Pastoralisfcs' Union agreement at every shed, and use evory effort to induce non-unionists to join the union. AU ports are picketed, and strike camps are formed in different districts. They also intend to bring the shearing dispute under the notice of the Conciliation Board, with a view to an amicable settlement. The Government Resident in the Northern Territory, in giving evidence before a commission of inquiry, said that suitable labor for developing the resources of the territory meant colored labor. He saw no reason why the Queensland kanaka labor system should not bo adopted. He favored the introduction of Chinese labor, as the Celestials had proved a temperate, law-abiding race, and gave no trouble, About 3000 Chinese would be necessary to work the mines in fche territory. He also advocated the construction of a trans-continental railway on tho land grant system. Another witness expressed the opinion, gathered frora practical experience, that the territory would be found suitable for Europeans to live and work in, if they came south occasionally to recuperate their health. Perth, April 10. The Londonderry mine has been thrown opon for inspection to representatives of the press- . It contains good battery stone. Afc one point there is 3ft of stone on the hanging wall, and ifc carries about soz gold, with occasional extremely rich specimens. It is thought tbat a large body pf fair grade stone will probably be more valuable than the rich shoot promised to be.