LATE CABLE NEWS.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1200, 1 March 1895, Page 15

LATE CABLE NEWS.

London, February 26. The miners imprisoned in the Whitwood Colliery have been rescued. London, February 1 27. Sir W. V. Harcourt refuses to grant time during the present session of Parliament to discuss the Miners' Eight Hours Bill. A million pounds' worth of British Treasury bills which were placed on the market have been subscribed sixteen times over. The Glasgow Corporation Police Bill, now before the House of Commons, fixes fines for conversing with a lady in the streets, for exposing carcases of meat unless covered, and for possessing a pack of cards in a private house. It also provides for licensing and housing newsboys. The Bill has been referred to a committee. The British force on the Niger mumbered 300. The capital of the natives was shelled, and the operations were completely successi ful, though the position was vigorously 1 defended by 1600 negroes, who were armed with Enfields and aided by a concealed battery. Many war canoes were captured, and two sunk.

The operations in the district are now ended, two warships being left on guard.

In the House of Commons Mr Buxton said the resolution passed by the Canadian Conference, that in the event of the laying of the Pacific cable it should be extended to Cape Colony, was now under consideration; but he declined to give any more information on the subject at present. Nearly one-third of the Great Eastern Bailway Company's employees are affected by the influenza. During the past week the death roll from influenza in London numbered 111. Lord Rosebery has passed a sleepless night, and his condition is causing his friends some anxiety. There are 30,000 cases of influenza in Munich. The House of Commons, without dissent, agreed to a motion urging the Government to co-operate with the Great Powers in convening an international Monetary Conference. Sir Wm. V. Harcourt accepted the motion, as it did not identify the Government with bimetallism, which he strongly opposed. The limes regrets that Sir Wm. Harcourt's fear of defeat compelled his acceptance of the motion. The Daily News concurs in the attitude adopted by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Sydney, February 27. In the Legislative Assembly this afternoon, Sir G. R. Dibbs gave notice to move that the administration of the affairs of the colony by the Government had not met with the approval of the country. This being a direct motion of want of confidence in the Government, the House adjourned till to-morrow. Though the Opposition Party are hopeful of carrying the want-of-confidence motion, the weight of opinion among members is that the motion has no chance of success. It is believed the Labour Party, who hold the balance, will vote with the Government. An alarming explosion took place to-day at the Gas Company's works in Pitt street. The testing-room and kitchen were wrecked, and portions of the walls and a quantity of debris were blown into the street.

Several passers-by had narrow escapes. Eighty live cattle and 40,000 carcases of sheep have been shipped by the steamer Port Chalmers for London. Constantinople, Febniary 26. The Kurdish chief Chefken terrorised the Armenians in Ceserea. His followers devastated villages, outraged women and demolished a convent in Nichau. Washington, February 26. The House of Representatives, by a majority of 31, has declined to pay the award • made to- Great "Britain by the Behring Sea Commission.