HOME AND FOREIGN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8705, 23 October 1891, Page 5

HOME AND FOREIGN.

Press Association.—Electric Telegraph. —Copyright, . . REVOLT IN THE SAHARA. Algiers, October 21. A rebellion having broken out in Sahara, it is feared the Central Sahara will be closed to French traders, and the Algerian authorities are urging the despatch of a punitive expedition to the scene of trouble. Ji THE REDUCED~CABLE RATES. London, October 21. • Sir John Pender says that the reduced cable rates to the colonies have had the effect of largely increasing the amount of work on the wires, and the Eastern Extension Cable Company are not likely to lose anything by the reduction. QUEENSLAND AND THE BANK OF ENGLAND. London. October 21. The general opinion among city men is that Sir T. wraith's action in making serious charges . r against , the Bank of England has seriously prejudiced all Queensland stocks. STRIKE OF PARIS MODELS. \ Paris, October 21. . French models engaged in Paris have struck, as a protest against the employment of foreigners. FATAL. RAILWAY ACCIDENT. New York, October 21. A train was derailed at Monmouth in Illinois, ten persons being killed and many injured.

ATTACKED BY BRIGANDS. i Constantinople, October 21. A band of fifty Albanian brigands attacked a party of Montenegrin travellers, killing live of them.

THE DEFENCES OF CANADA. Ottawa, October 21. The Marquis of Salisbury lias called upon the Canadian Government to furnish a report on the state of the defences of the Dominion. ' FRENCH OUTRAGE AT MATACONG. London, October 21. It is reported that a French warship lowered the Union Jack at Matacong, off the coast of Sierra Lfone, and illtreated the only two Englishmen on the island.

HEAVY FAILURES IN MOSCOW. St. Petersburg, October 21. Several firms in Moscow have suspended payment. The liabilities of one of them amount to £480,000.

THE EIGHT-HOURS' SYSTEM. London, October 21. Sir Charles Dilke, in a letter to the Daily Telegraph, states there is little hope of carrying the Eight Hours Bill, even in an optional form, and therefore, it would be better for the unionists to carry a resolution in favour of such an enactment in dangerous and unhealthy trades.