LATE CABLE NEWS.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1160, 25 May 1894, Page 27

LATE CABLE NEWS.

London, May 22. Manchester was gorgeously illuminated iu honour of the visit of the Queen, who went there to formally open the Ship Canal. Two millions of spectators lined eight miles of streets.

The Mayors of Manchester and Salford have been knighted in honour of the occasion.

Experts both in England and Germany report favourably on Queensland cedar for tho purpose of making cigar boxes. Mr Black doubts, however, whether tho charge for froight could be made low enough to allow of a profit upon the export of this timber.

The Scotsman says the new death duties will only apply to tho colonial personal property of colonists domiciled in tho United Kingdom at the time of their death. Cool stores are being erected in Glasgow, and the promoters invite colonial exporters of meat and dairy produce to ship direct to that port. Experts state that Queensland cocoons, when reeled, are worth 16s per lb to manufacturers.

A leading firm offers to take all that are procurable. Faulty wools are slow of sale, and a large quantity has been withdrawn. Good sorts remain firm. Tataria brand, New Zealand, realised Bsd.

Each of the steamers to be constructed for Iluddart, Parker and Company’s Atlantic service will have accommodation for 1500 passengers. The Times states that the designs of tho new vessels have a distinct advantage over anything afloat, and will open a new era in travelling. Owing to the coal strike in Pennsylvania it is expected that the factories will close down, throwing 2,000,000 people out of employment. At a. mass meeting of the cabmen on strike, it. was decided to ask kindred unions for assistance. Several of tho speakers said they were confident that they would soon secure a complete victory. Tho cab-owners have appealed to the Homo Secretary for protection against terrorism by members of tho Union. Buda Pesth, May 21. The Lower House of the Hungarian Diet has returned the Marriage Bill to the Upper House, despite its rejection by the latter. Belgrade, May 21. Owing to the crisis, fears of a revolution are entertained. Tho King has suspended tho present Constitution, and is renewing that of 1809. Ho has also appointed new Ministers and Judges. Belgrade, May 22. The action of the King is intended to curb the power of tho Radicals, nine-tenths of whom aro opposed to tho present dynasty. Berlin, May 21. Disputes at tho Miners’ Congress are frequent, being tho outcome of the resistance of tho British delegates to the policy of the Social Democrats. Madrid, May 21. Tho five Anarchists who were companions of Pallas, the Anarchist, executed in October for throwing two petards into the midst of a group of staff officers at a military review at Barcelona in September, and causing severe injuries to Marshal Campos and General Castelloi, have been shot. Paris, May 21. At tho execution of Henri, the Place do La Roquette was barricaded and strongly guarded. Tho police prevented the crowd from singing Anarchist songs. Washington, May 22. The decline of tho gold reserve in the United States to 283,000,000 dollars is causing alarm. Coxey, Brown and Jones, who wero arrested for forcing an entrance into the Capitol grounds, have been sentenced to twenty days’ imprisonment. New York, May 21. Freight trains collided in a tunnel at Princeton, Kentucky, and eight persons were killed instantly. Sydney, May 22. Public petitions are being prepared in favour of reprieving Montgomery and Williams, now under sentence of death for a murderous assault on the police. In the case of Martin v. Crick, an application for a writ of casa against the defendant, who pleaded privilege, the Full Court decided that members of Parliament had no immunity from arrest, and ordered a writ to bo issued. Sir George Dibbs, addressing tho electors at Tam worth, outlined his Federation scheme, a forecast of which was telegraphed a day or two ago. The Colonial Treasurer is altogether opposed to tho views of the Premier of Victoria upon the border duties. lie considers a treaty with one colony is impracticable until tho whole question of intercolonial trade is dealt with, and that that can only bo done by a system of federation on the basis of intercolonial freetrade, with protection against the outside world. M elbourne, May 22. The Premier (Mr Patterson) says he is glad New South Wales is moving in the Federation question, and if that colony is willing to enter a Customs Union and allow the free passage of goods across tho frontier, Victoria will be only too happy to open negotiations. The matter, he says, can be so arranged that the colony which loses the greater amount of revenue by the abolition of border duties can be compensated by the other colony.