CABLEGRAMS.

Mataura Ensign, Issue 19, 13 August 1895, Page 3

CABLEGRAMS.

- .i-v-:': : Vj ;K.:;-'.'r •;':* Londoit, August 10. , -'■'_■ ;.' : ' "■■:■ ',3.-. ',*?£.:■?:•'/'■..-: - ■■-•-. .•-■' " "-" : ■ ■"; ..VLady»,Prainceß Gaming has been, com- : ' mitted for trial on aohsrge of forging her '-,;% ■'; father's -; name' to bills of exobsngp. She " '""'.". 'kit admjtt.ed: : tb.e offance. ' ' - ' : ThV-dWiiers 6f the Maori King have ' : settled the' claim' for damages to meat're- .: >iu'ltintjf roinihe aqcideht to the refrigerating machinery in -Sydney in December ' f last, by paying 50 per oent.^ ' . V^lThe Marquis of /■ Salisbury has re- ' • ceived -reports that owing to Kurdi»h "-''"'•- raide io-.Malon- and Moorish .Armenia v sowing the cropi -is prevented, .and 5000 ;; : people are on the' verge "of starvation. A f numbei '.of vilkges has been destroyed »»and: 800 people are said to be living in ~"^^oaTes,."and'm'»ny: are naked, their only food being the leaves -of trees and green -„'-. -plant i.:,^. "V -.'■'■■'■'.■■ ■ •-•■'. % The i directors of Ihe Manchester Canal A^dqmpany 'are conferring .with tbe Agenl- . general of Victpria Relative to a ,'. direct ;;,; line '• of. jteaniersj •'frpm- Australia to : /Manchester. ; In commercial circles. it r is 1 :.• ■-. .^believed ,.thatv;the : negotiations will bear <'<"v : frnit.v--: : ; ',' ". "■' . • v i ":, The phineseJMJnister and the British ';J;.Cabinet are consulting with regard to the ..V\Christiah: maiSßc're at Kncheng. •viS '" 'lt/has been'olEcially announced that v^itringent orders have been issued by the ,Ts?'Chinese;Grovernmerit lp prevent further , iiV;<BUtrage?j. and, ls,ooo soldiers have been. '.:: :!' deipatehed to protect the missionaries in : ..^■Kucheiig and punish the murderers. Ee■:v'^pbrts'.frottt^^'Washington-, state that Bear- - ";a3miral 0.-'Q. "Carpenter, of the American the flagship on the Asiatic station ,haa ordered the gunboat .Pet.r.eli'^itlfrlOOO .marines picked from the 1 itTnited States warships . si ationed in Chinese waters, iFnth Q-.atling guns, to . proceed .to Pinejang to protect the - missionaries and European residents in Shanghai. > f •' i .: t .; ' "■ A meeaage from the British' people declares that Lord Salisbury's demands - are- utterly,, inadequate • Bnd' delay ' . daßger'ouß. r ■ The- misson sooieties will combine and waits! a deputation on the demanding that prompt action . be Jaken to prevent a repetition of the massacres in China. - The English' wheat market is steady, the Continentar firm; and the American deolining. - The strength of parties in the new House " is T a» "follows : — Coniervalives 339 ; Unionists, 72 1 Liberal?, .118 ; Anti- ' Parnellites, 70 ; Parnelliles, 12. General Booth ' has' sailed for Africa and Australia. * . A portion of the Eohuca's shipment of Australian' cattle has been sold at sid .' per lb. ; •■ " ■• ' ■ ; A report from Sofia states lhatTawfik • - Escheff, who is Buspeoted- of compSicity in the murder of ex-Premier Stamboi.jr, has been liberated. . :■ ." - v ■>"■ ■.." Britain requires 24,000,000 atfart'esfeof", wheat before September, 1896, whirls . ' twice the quantity America will^JDe able to export to all countries. •* ~j;\ ■'■, -} : .' Bbelin, August 10. - The German press profess to be soandalised at the Powers upholding an agreement which is producing a state of anarchy' in Samoa, and urge that if if the treaty is not cancelled the natives : ought to be. disarmed. '■ ■-' ■'•:- - „ - \ Sofia, August 11." . ■■'■-„ In an engagement between the Turkish' ". troopj^and the Macedonian insurgents at Kubtendil; 'the former were victorious .and'the latter lost 200 killed.