LATE CABLE NEWS

New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 8964, 15 April 1890, Page 5

LATE CABLE NEWS

By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) (Received April 14, 5.20 p.m.) OBITUAEY. London, April 13. Obituary —General Sir John Henry Lefroy, E.A., who was administrator of the Government of Tasmania, 1880 1881, aged 73. A NOTED GOVERNOR. The Marquis of Salisbury is anxious for the Marquis of Lome to succeed Lord CarriHgton as Governor of New South Wales. “ THE PRINCE AND THE PATJPEE.” Mark Twain’s “ The Prince and the Pauper ” has been successfully dramatised, and is said to be equal to Airs Prances Burnett’s “ Little Lord Fauntleroy,” AN AERONAUT’S ADYENTUEE. Higgins, the aeronaut, ascended in a balloon from Croydon, in Surrey, yesterday with the intention of descending by means of a parachute. In the ascent, however, he lost his parachute, and the balloon with its occupant disappeared among the clouds. Higgins subsequently lauded safely at Tunbridge Wells, in Kent. german~tactics. Pabis, April 13. The Gaulois, a political journal, repeats the statement that the Emperor William of Germany is desirous of approachment with France to make Alsace neutral under a similar guarantee given by Belgium, in order to produce lasting peace. The Gaulois states that the object is to allow Germany to pursue a policy of expansion/ in Africa, and found an Empire whicli might yet rival India. (Received April 15, 1.39 a.m.) A VESSEL ON FI EE. London, April M, News has been received that the brigantine Bessie, bound from Fremantle (W.A.) to Sourabaya, a seaport on the north-east coast of Java, was found on arrival to be on fire, and the vessel was burnt to the water’s

edge. THE SAMOAN CONFERENCE. The Samoan Convention has been finally ratified by all three Powers interested. PORTUGUESE MOVEMENTS. It is rumoured that the Portuguese have despatched troops and artillery to attack Mpondo, in the Shire district. DISAPPEARANCE OP EL MAHDI. Suakim, April 13. Travellers from Omdurraan report that the Mabdi has disappeared, and that the route between Dongola and Khartoum is open. EMIN PASHA. Zanzibar, April 13. It is stated that disappointment at not obtaining employment was the principal cause of his having entered the German service. THE CONGO FREE STATE. Brussels, April 14. It is reported that King Leopold has refused Germany’s offer of 100,000,000 francs to acquire the Congo Free State.