LATE CABLE NEWS

New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 8968, 19 April 1890, Page 5

LATE CABLE NEWS

By Electric Telecjraph.—Copyright. (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) {Received April 18, 5.10 p m.) an ot her ti oh borne claimant. London, April 17. The solicitor of the Ticbborue family is engaged examining documents forwarded on behalf ot the latest claimant, who is an Australian resident. KING SOLOMON’S MINES. News has been received that a number of extensive caves showing ancient workings have been discovered in Swaziland- The workings are exceedingly rich, and good authorities believe them to be the mines from which King Solomon obtained vast quanti ties of gold. THE VICTORIAN LOAN. The official average of the Victorian loan is LlOl 10s sd, the loan selling at 31s 6d premium. (Received April 19, 1.25 a.m.) London, April 18. One syndicate applied for three and a half millions of the Victorian loan. * (Received April 18, 9 p.m.) BREACH OF PROMISE. London, April 17. Miss Harris, a young dauseuse, claims LSOOO damages from Sir George Elliot for a breach of promise of marriage, [Sir GeorgeElHot, baronet, is 71 years of a»e. He is M.P. for the Monmouth distnct of Wales. He is an engineer, coal mine owner, railway director, and manufacturer of wire rope, and President of the Association of Mining Engineers. He is a Deputy-Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace for the County of Monmouth. He belongs to the Conservative party. His eldest son, Mr G. W. Elliot, who is in partnership with his father, is M.P. for the Richmond Division in Yorkshire.] BURNING OF A PALACE. St Peteesbueo, April 17. The Czar’s small palace at Finland has been destroyed by fire. Seven persons were killed by the falling debris. (Received April 19, 1.25 a m.) POSTAL REDUCTION. London, April 18. Mr Goschen is willing to reduce the postal rates to India and the colonies by all routes to 2|d, if the colonies concur. By this reduction he estimates a loss of LBO,OOO. THE BRITISH BUDGET. HANDSOME SURPLUS. The Budget’s estimated expenditure for the year is L86,*57,000, leaving an available surplus of L 8,549,000. The coinage fund has been restored, and a gold fund created and credited with L 600.000, arising from the Mint profits on the circulation of silver. The duty on silver plate is remitted to an extent of L 80,000., and that on tea reduced to 4d per lb, and on currants to 2s per cwt, as Greece is making important concessions with respect to the latter article. The house duty is reduced by L 540.000, and there are several other minor reductions. The duty on British and foreign spirits has been increased 6d per gallon, which, with the beer duty im posed last year, will be handed to the local authorities. THE ROAD MURDER. Miss Constance Kent, who was sentenced to death in 1865 and subsequently commuted to imprisonment for life, on a charge of murdering her brother, four years old, at Road, near Frome, Somerset, has been released. At the time of the murder Constance Kent was 13 years of age. THE EXPEDITION RECALLED. Lisbon, April 18. The Governor of Mozambique has been directed to recall the Portuguese expedition on Mpundo if it hai. started.