LATE CABLE NEWS.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1208, 26 April 1895, Page 29

LATE CABLE NEWS.

London, April 23. Cool stores have been opened at Manchester with a capacity for 120,000 sheep. Arrangements have been made for the direct Steamers to call from Australia and New Zealand next season. Paving woods have fallen ss, owing to the glut of imports from Australia, The measurement freights to Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide will be raised 2s 6d next month. Sir WilHam Robinson is urging the Imperial Government to hasten the survey of the north-west Coast of Western Australia, and place the vote for the protection of the aborigines on the same footing as the Governor's salary. The Colonial Office is unlikely to agree to abrogate the provision secured to the Western Australian aborigines under the Constitution Act, though Sir W. Robinson's efforts to secure a compromise more satisfactory to the colony may probably succeed.

Three English men-of-war have been sent to Crinto to enforce the ultimatum presented to Nicaragua. The Grand Jury have found a true bill against Oscar Wilde and Taylor. Counsel for the accused state that they do not intend to plead guilty, but mean to fight to the bitter end. The Hon Mr Ward has promised to assist Mr Reynolds in his endeavours to secure a reduction in the freight on dairy produce. Cheese has fallen from two to four shillings owing to large Canadian holders placing stocks in the market. • Paris, April 24. The omnibus strikers- in Paris are exhibiting violent behaviour, and many arrests have been made. France has occupied Schabe Borgy, in Western Africa. London, April 24. Sir E. Grey, in reply to a question in the House of Commons, denied that England had sent troops into the Kong district, a portion of French territory in W r estern Africa. Sydney, April 24. Alfred Wall, a professional runner, met with a terrible death to-day.

While suffering from delirium tremens he escaped from his room partly dressed, rushed into the house of a neighbour, and jumped from the window.into the street. His head was smashed to pieces, death resulting at once. In the Equity Court leave was granted to serve a notice upon the Auditor-General on Friday week for an injunction restraining him from paying members' salaries. It was sought to make the notice apply to the present month, but Judge Manning was of opinion that it was too late, besides which it would cause a serious hardship to members dependent on their salaries. He added that the matter would not rest with him, as it would probably be carried to the Court of Appeal. Work has been resumed at the Hudson's iron works. A few unionists refused to start on the reduced scale, but the majority of the. old hand 3 were re-engaged.

A meeting of merchants appointee! a deputation to ask the* Premier to remove 1 the Customs duties gradually, as otherwise the' holders of large stocks of dutiable goods ifiil &e' severe losers. Melbourne, April 24. ■ At the half-yearly meeting of the Colonial Bank of Australasia, the report showed a loss of <£4Boo, which, deducted from the previous half-year's balance, leaves a credit of S'Mf), The directors announced that cm* Were being made to obtain at an early date the consent of the deferred de-posit-receipt htficlsvs £0 a reduction of terest.At the meeting of the City" of Melbourne Bank the report showed a loss of' «.€19,700 dating the half-year. Deducting from this the balance to the credit of the profit and loss account on the previous half-year, there' is still a deficit of ,813,300. The dhaifm'aii. said that in considering the figures the Shareholders shcrald bear in nfind that assets an'd liabilities, both in the old and new Bank, were' represented, and that there were no longer two Banks, the liquidation of the old one* having been completed. The decline in wool, wheat arid other products, with, utter collapse of real made it apj>arent that the directors had ttudertaken more than they had calculated upon, hence the mission of the chairman to London, which the directors were sanguine would be succeSsfral<