LATE CABLE NEWS.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 867, 12 October 1888, Page 17

LATE CABLE NEWS.

By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) London, October 8. Mr William O’Brien, writing to the Waterford branch of the National League, eulogises their resistance to evictions, and urges the members to smash the landlords and eoercionists.

Mr John Dillon, M.P., and either Mr T. D. Sullivan, M.P. for College Green (Dublin City), or Sir Thomas Esmonde, M.P. for Dublin (County S), will leave shortly on a tour of the Australian colonies, and will lecture in aid of the Nationalist cause.

Professor Andrews, of Melbourne University, died near Eden on the 18th September, on his passage home. His death resulted from an attack of apoplexy, engendered by the intense heat. The deceased gentleman was buried at sea. Bank of New Zealand shares have advanced to £ll.

The report of the Howard Association for the improvement of the condition of prisoners, eulogises the Australian treatment of juvenile criminals.

Mr J. IT. A. McDonald, Q.C., Lord Advocate of Scotland, has been appointed to a Judgeship, and will be succeeded by Mr J. P. B. Kobertsod, Q.C,, Solicitor-General. Mr W. H. Smith, speaking at Gloucester, expressed the opinion that-, after the Presidential election is over, America would conclude a just treaty with Canada on the Fisheries question. The barque Zadok, from South Australia (21st March), which was posted overdue on the 22nd September, has arrived.

London, October 9. ‘ Mr W. 11. Smith, in the course of his speech at Gloucester, said the Imperial Government had never intended to cede Bechuanaland to the Cane. It is rumoured that Sir William Robinson, Governor of South Australia, will be appointed in the place of the late Sir Anthony Musgrave. Dr Emil J. Trenchmann, Professor of Modern Languages at Bangor University College in North Wales, has b en appointed lecturer of modern literature at the Sydney University. New STork, October 9.

During a ceremony iu a Catholic Church in Pennsylvania on Sunday the platform collapsed, and over one hundred persons were injured, twentythree fatally. Archbishop Ryan, who was conducting the service, narrowly escaped.

The expedition which left Labrador same considerable time back, under

the command of Lieutenant Wiggins, in order to ascertain whether the Arctic Ocean was navigablo, so as to open a route from Labrador to the mouth of the Yenisei River, Siberia, has returned. Lieutenant Wiggins reports that under the most favourable circumstances it would be impossible for vessels to reach the northern portion of Asia. Berlin, October 9.. Four frigates of the German navy have been ordered to proceed to Zan zibar to protect German subjects there. Calcutta, October 9. Information has been received here that the Black Mouutaiu expeditionlias occupied Chittabut after a severe engagement, during which the enemy suffered a serious loss. Melbourne, October 10. The Bev Mr fJowden has been elected chairman of the Congregational Union. Sydney, October 10. The Port Darwin cable is interrupted, and it is believed to havG been broken by the repairing steamer Sherard Osborne while grappling for the old cable. The Daily Telegraph this morning publishes an article on the Bank of New Zealand. In referring to the way the money was squandered at headquarters, it says: “ With such in fluonces at work it is almost a matter for surprise, and certainly one of congratulation, that thebank still exists. It had been the fashion t o ascribe the position of the bank to the depression existing throughout the Colony, but we are inclined to think if the "bank suffered from the depression in the Colony, the latter suffered still more severely through the bank’s mismanagement.” The papers consider the increasing of the capital a wisa step, and that if the hank is managed with prudence it will come through with flying colours. The Committee of Investigation, it says, is entitled to great praise for the thorough manner in which their task was carried out. Arrived —Fijian, from Lyttelton ; Waitemata, from Kaipara. Melbourne, October 10., Arrived—Jessie, from Auckland. Sailed —Aratapu and Jessie Nieol, for Auckland. . Brisbane, October 10. The strike at Waterstown colliery has beeu settled. The funeral of Sir Anthony Musgrave took place to-day. He was accorded a military funeral, and the cortege presented an imposing spectacle. The streets of the city were crowded with spectators. It is now believed that the cause of his death was strangulated hernia. SPECIAL. London, October 9. Mr Henry Campbell, M.P. for Fermanagh South, has commenced an action for libel against The Times, that paper having alleged he was the writer of the Parnell letters in his capacity as secretary. The Goldsmiths Company have declared their intention to endow the Peoples’ Institute in South London with a gift equal to L 90,000. The Times, in an arlicle on the Melbourne Exhibition, states that the visit of Mr F. H. Cowen to Victoria will result in a permanent benefit to music in Australia.

Mr W. H. Smith, speaking at Gloucester, said that carrying out the colonial defence scheme meant practically Imperial Federation, as the colonies had become partners with England in defending their mutual interests. As evidence that the attachment between the Mother Country and the colonies was enhanced by the distance which separated them, he quoted the fact that New South Wales had sent a contingent to the Soudan. He said the colonies were the life and blood of England, and must eventually become stronger and supersede the Old Country.