LATE CABLE. (By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) PER PRESS ASSOCIATION. Received October 17, at 1 a.m.

North Otago Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 7269, 17 October 1891, Page 2

LATE CABLE. (By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) PER PRESS ASSOCIATION. Received October 17, at 1 a.m.

St. PErKnsBuno, October 16. The Czarina has contributed 20,000,000 roubles to the fuml being raised for the ffunino stricken people of Russia. Five hundred stud >ntq, who took part in tho recent outUrcuk n^ainat tho C/.ar ut Kiev, have been .tnestH. Pi\ms, October 10. Tho Russian loan of 20 million sterling has been subscribed fwvcu-fold in Franco alone. Baion Hirsch was ono of the largest subscribers. 0aik6, October 16. Tho French Consul at Alexandria is resisting tho decree issued by tho Khedive directing the inspection of stocks held by druggists. London, October 16. A Commission, consisting of delegates from tho four countries interested in tho Pamir IMateau, Central Asi.i, will probably proceed there for the purpose of dclimating the various Rpheres. 'I ho Standard asserts that Mr CJoschon hfiH waived bin claims to the leadership of tho House of Commons in succession to the lato Mr W. H. Smith, and that it has boon arranged that Mr A. J. Balfour takes tho position. The Hon. Win, L. Jackson, Financial Secretary to tho Treasury, succeeds Mr Balfour. Mr Goschon, speaking at Cambridge, said i(, was natural that Unionists should wish tho leadership to fall on Mr Balfour, and ho warned Mr Gladstone that unless a plaiu issue on tho question of Home Rule was submitted a fresh appeal was inevitable. If tho Salonica route is adopted as an alternative route for the Indian and Australian mails, tho English Postal Department will insist on the saving of time and cost in transit, and expect tho service to carry tho mails at cost price. Ben Tillet expresses approval of tho employers' scheme with regard to labor, providing that tho suggested pensions aro inado retrospective. The* meeting of shareholders of the Bank of South Australia was very animated. Mr Babbago declared tho local directors were useless, and ho characterised tho whole argument as thoroughly bad. Another shareholder complained that four of tho directors of tho Bank only held 50 shares each. For tho Cambridgeshire Stakes, to be run on the 28th instant, 10,000 to 250 has been i accepted about Mons Meg. ' Mrs Bernard Beero proposes to make a theatrical tour of Australia in tho spring. Now Zealand hemp is in weak demand. Fine dressed is quoted at L2-t 10s per ton ; fair quality, L21 10s.

Sydney, October 16. Ifc is expected that the Government \rill tender their resignations on Monday.