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New Zealand Mail, Issue 934, 24 January 1890, Page 26

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By Electric Telegram:. Copyright. (per press association.) London, January 15. Torin, Artoba, Ilertaanos and Co., merchants and bankers, carrying on business in Lon ion, Paris, and Spain, have failed for half a million. Glasgow pig iron is qu.ofcecL.at 6Ls. Lord Busfcon denies every!king, and adheres to his statement before the magistrate that he went to the house under the impression that he was going to see an exhibition of poses plastique. London, January 16. Mr Parke, editor of the North London Press, charged with criminal libel for connecting Lord Euston with the West End scandals, has been sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment. The witnesses failed to identify Lord Euston as an habitue of the house in which the alleged offences were committed. The Dockers' Union contend that increased wages in the eastern ports will prevent the threatened diversion of shipping., The labourers in wool stores meet on Wednesday, with the object of securing the abolition of what is known as the “exertion” system, under which one man in each gang is paid extra to rush work. Unless the men succeed in attaining their object a strike is probable. The gas strike has come to au end, the funds being exhausted. Colonel Malleson, the well-known author, haß been cast in LIOOO damages as co-respondent in the ldiary divorce case. The Princess Maud is suffering from influenza. iVir Herbert G ladstone has recovered from his recent indisposition. The Berlin and "Vienna press support the action of Lord Salisbury in connection with the dispute with Portugal. London, January 17. Frozen meat is unchanged. Three months’ bills are quoted at 5 per cent. Tallow '"s quieter. Mutton, 26s 6J ; beef. 21s 6 1. Kauri gum is flat. Arrived Ship Biair Drummond, from Wellington (October 17) ; and barque Nannv. from Lyttelton (October 16). Baron von Nurdenekjbld, the wellknown Swedish Polar explorer, pro-

f)d£ks tt> lead fin eiiteDeive expedition to ihfe Sotith ±h>lb. The Raron will &ak the AusUalaSian colonies to con tribfite to tlio dost of the expedition.^ Experiments made on b'oftrd 11.M.S Seribow proved that the huudred ton gtin is defective. The remains of the late Lord Napier of Mtagdala will be interred in the crypt of St: Paul's; From advices to hand from Paris and New York the morlality from influenza does not appear to be increasing. Sir William F. D. Jervois presided at the United Service Institute last evening, when Colonel Robert Elias read a paper on colonial defence. He Contended that in order to meet any emergency Australia must be sell dependent in the matter of derelice, and that this end might be attained he suggested the amalgamation of all coio nial forces, the bolding of manoeuvres in Convenient Centres,- and connection by rail between all the Australian colonnies. Arrived—Ship Kirkcudbrightshire, from Lyttelton (October 29). The New Zealand Trust and Loan Company have declared a dividend of 10 per cent, and the National Mortgage and Agency Company of New Zealand (Limited) a dividend of 5 per cent. London, January 18. The death is announced of the Duke of Aosta, formerly King of Spain. Parleying has been resumed with Washington in connection with the Behring Fisheries dispute. America now seems inclined to abandon her claims to exclusive ownership of the fisheries. Slavin has challenged Sullivan to fight for L 2500 a side, and has made a deposit of LSOO. He has also expressed his willingness to box Sullivan for LIOOO aside if the California Athletic Club will give L3OOO. The funeral of Lord Napier is to be carried out on a grand scale. Five hundred wharf men at Bermondsey have struck for payment during meal times. Arrangements are being made to double the present fleet of the Norddeutseber Lloyd line to Australia London, January 19 An irrigation trust, is beiDg formed. Sir W. Jervois and Mr W. A. Harper visit Australia in the spring to formulate the schemes. New Zealand hemp,L2B 10s to L2B 15s. Tallow—Medium mutton, 21s 6d ditto, beef, 235. The arrivals of wool to date total up 170,000 bales. The English wheat market is firmer, the Continental declining, and the American Bteady. New Zealand wheat on passage averages 355. London, January 20. In accordance with the wish of Her Majesty the Queen, the remains of Lord Napier will be buried between the tombs of Wellington and Nelson in the crypt of St Paul’s. The Emperor Wiiliam of Germany has written to the Queen sympathising with her and the army on the loss of the de* ceased soldier. A deputation to-day waited on the Financial Secretary to the Treasury deprecating the practice of marking oa the bales received in England the place of origin of colonial wool. A promise was given the deputation that the matter should receive early consideration. _ London, January 20. The Queen’s assent, it is reported, will be given to the Divorce Bill introduced by Mr Wiiliam Shiels, M.L.A, and passed during last session of the Victorian Parliament. The assent to the Bill introduced by Mr Alfred Stephen in the Legislative Council of New South Wales will probably be reserved until amendments are made by which the length of domicile shall be the same as in the Victorian Bill. The capital of thej Irrigation Trust, now in process of formation, has been fixed at one million and a half, and a strong Board will be appointed to administer the Trust. Sir W. F. D. Jervois, one of the promoters, sails for Australia in May in connection with the business of the Trust, and Mr W. A. Harper will leave in March. Owing to ti e financial blackmailing in connection with the Hussiau twenty million eouvers’ou loan, the money market is very tight. Short loans are quoted at C per cent, Lord Knutsford states that the Pearl Fisheries Bill (Western Australia) will shortly receive the Queen’s assent. A correspondent of she Daily News

complains that the practice of holding wool sales in the colonies is depriving the London wool rooms of their best Continental customers. SPECIAL. London, January 15 la the libel case against Parlies, the witnesses for the defence swore that Lord Euston frequented the house in which the offences are alleged to have been comSflttsd. The Judge sums up tc-morrow. It is alleged that no fewer than 800 persons were shot during and after tits abortive revolt against the Republican Government in Brazil. Sir J. P. Hennessy, in the course of a speech at the Colonial Institute, said that Australia was justified in excluding Chinese from her shores. , At the dinner given in celebration of the jubilee of the establishment of the penny pos<age system, Mr Rttikes, Postmaster-General, said penny rates to Australia would involve a loss ot twopence on Cvefy letter carried, and benefit the few at the of the many. The Goldfinch will replace the Raven on the Australian Station.

London, January 17. The Judge’s summing up in the likel action against Mr Parkes was adverse to the defendant. 1.1 is Honor characterised it as an atrocious libel. Mr Parkes alleged lhafc the witnesses on whom he relied betrayed h;m. The case in which Colonel Malieson was mulcted in LIOOO damages, was a libel action brought against him by Mr Herbert Gladstone, for saying tbe latter would shortly have figured as a co-respondent in a divorce suit, but that his father had squared the affair. Loudon, January 19, The Duke of Teck, Lord Wolseley, and thousands of others attended the funeral of Mrs the late wife of the Duke of Cambridge. Sir W. Jervois, commenting on Colonel Elias’ paper, contended that it was essential for the colonies to federate, otherwise foreigners might compel the weaker to cede territory. Tbe navy must be the primary line of defence Mr Haddon Chambers, the young Australian dramatist, has quarrelled with Mrs Langtry about the production of his new play. Mr Bancroft is acting as arbitrator between them. Obituary—Mr A. Craig-Sellar, M.P. for Lanarkshire, and Mr 0. R. M. Talbot, M.P. for Mid Glamorgan. The latter, who has eat in the House since 1839, was known as the Father of tbe House of Commons. He was in his 87th year.