CABLE BREVITIES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8726, 17 November 1891, Page 5

CABLE BREVITIES.

The nailmakers' strike in England it settled. A fishing yacht was wrecked off Boulogne, and 16 persons drowned. The Chilian crisis is over, Ministers hav* ing withdrawn their resignation. The court-martial in Calcutta acquitted Lieutenant Lowry of the charge of cheating at cards. The compositors' strike has become general in German}'. Two thousand men are out in Berlin alone. It is alleged that several Armenian Bishops have been transported by Russian authorities to, Siberia. Sir Graham Berry has received a request from Melbourne to become a candidate ab the next general election. The. Paris' Bourse finds it difficult ttf absorb the large amount of the Russian loan which has not been placed. , • The coroner's jury censured the crews of the Brighton and Shoreham lifeboats for refusing to go out in the recent gale. The statement which has been current that the American cruiser Charleston was ordered to Honolulu to seize the islands in the event of rebellion is officially denied "at Washington. The cricket executives of Lancashire and Yorkshire protest against the visit of the Australian team next year a3 undesirable, and they will not allow their professionals to play in representative matches. The South Molton election has resulted in the return of Lambert, Home Ruler, 1 the figures being, Lambert, 4222; Butler (Unionist), 3010. The Tory press considei the election a serious disaster which shows it is imperative for the party to iraitut* Liberal tactics.