CABLE MESSAGES. LATEST HOME & FOREIGN NEWS. (REUTER'S—PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) London, Jan. 25.

North Otago Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2687, 27 January 1881, Page 2

CABLE MESSAGES. LATEST HOME & FOREIGN NEWS. (REUTER' S— PER PRESS ASSOCIATION. ) London, Jan. 25.

The Bill for the adoption of coercive measures in Ireland was introduced by the Secretary for Ireland in the House | of Commons to-day. The powers which it proposes to give the Viceroy to issue' warrants for the arrest and detention of suspected persons and persons guilty of treasonable conduct will hold good till October, 1882. Dr Lyons, member for Dublin, has given notice of an amendment on the measure, requiring I the Government to carry out reforms

in Ireland before pursuing a policy of coercion. In the course of a speech made in the House to-day, Sir Stafford Northcote, referring to remarks made by the Secretary for Ireland in introducing his Bill, said that Mr Forster's facts were sadly convincing of the necessity for immediate stringent measures in regard to Ireland. I Tbe trial of the Leaguers at Dublin still proceeds. Judge Fitzgerald finished his summing up to-day. The whole tenor of his address is generally admitted to have been strongly hostile to the accused Leaguers. Capetown, Jan. 24. News comes to hand from Natal that the Governor, Sir George Colley, has organised a force 1000 strong to opei'ate against the Boera, and has commenced his advance from Newcastle into the Transvaal.