GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume LVI, Issue 2212, 22 May 1894, Page 2

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

By Telegraph.—Press Association. —Copyright. Received May 21. 7.20 p.m. FRENCH COLONIAL DEFENCES. Paris, May 21. M. Bardour has been appointed French Minister for Colonial Defence. THE PARNELLIIES CENSURED BY ME GLADSTONE. London, May 20. Mr Gladstone has written a letter blaming the discord in the Irish Party as the chief obstacle to the success of their cause. He considers the Parnellites are most to blame. WELSH DISESTABLISHMENT. London, May 20. The Liberal members of the House of Commons belonging to North Wales have seceded from their allegiance to the Government and declared their independence, in consequence of the Ministry failing to push the Disestablishment Bill this session. THE SAMOAN QUESTION. Berlin, May 20. The National Zeitung, discussing the Samoan question, says the various A ustralasian colonies are acting as if their claims to the group were paramount. ENGLAND’S NAVAL DEFENCES. London, May 20. It is reported that the Government is discussing the advisability of spending •£10,000,000 upon the strengthening of the naval ports, especially Portsmouth. A NEW YORK SENSATION. New York, May 20. A New York doctor named Henry Meyer has been found guilty of murder in the second degree. He induced Ms wife to biganiously marry a man named Brandt, and then poisoned the latter in order to obtain the insurance money. THE DEATH DUTIES. London, May 20. Sir G. Baden-Powell, immediately the Hdhso of Commons reassembles, intends to endeavour to defeat Sir Wm. Harcourt’s proposal to levy succession duties on properties outside Great Britain. Ho denounces it as illegal and impossible, and claims that its tendency will be to create hurtful friction in the financial relations between the Mother Country and the colonies. POPE LEO AND THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT. London, May 20. The Daily Chronicle says the Pope is deeply grieved at the attitude of the French Government, and is recalling the Papal Nuncio. THE EUROPEAN SITUATION. . Paris, May 20. A section of the French press is urging the formation of a League to neutralise Alsace-Lorraine in the interests of peace. Vienna, May 20. Austria and Russia have completed the details in connection with their commercial treaties. THE MURDER OF CAPTAIN GUY. , Sydney, May 21. H.M.S. Curaijoa has arrested 13 natives of Nova Island, in the Solomon Group, for being concerned in the murder of Captain Donald Guy.

THE COSTA RIGA PACKET CASE, Sydney, May 21.

The Agent-General for New South Wales has wired that the Imperial Government does not feel justified in pressing more than .£2500 as the amount of the first claim in the Costa Rica Packet case.

TROUBLE IN THE TRANSVAAL. Capetown, May 21,

General Joubert has gone to Zoutspansberg, in the north-east of the Transvaal, owing to the chief Walabaoh assuming a threatening attitude, and fortifying himself in the mountains. Received May 22, 0.20 a.m, THE SITUATION CRITICAL IN SERVIA. Belgrade, May 21. There is a growing feeling of uneasiness in Servia. , A coup d*etat is feared. , The Austrian troops are watching the frontier.

THE SHEARERS AND PASTORALISTS. Sydney, May 21.

The Shearers’ Conference has closed. It is understood that a letter has been sent to the Pastoralists’Union of Queensland, stating that if the conference, promised some time ago, is not held by July Ist,- the Uniop will have to take the responsibility for th 3 serious results which may follow. The shearers profess their willingness to submit to either conference, arbitration, or conciliation.

THE SQUADRON. Sydney, May 21. H.M.S. Wallaroo lias sailed for Auckland.

H.M.S. Crescent lias sailed for Plymouth with time-expired, crews from the Australian station.

THE NIHILIST CONSPIRACIES. St. Petersburg, May 21. The Nihilists at St. Petersburg, Moscow, and elsewhere continue.

A NEW TORE LABOUR TROUBLE, New York, May 21.

The New York mine-owners are trying to employ Italians, but the men decline the offer through fear of violence.

LOST AT SEA.

Brisbane, May 21.

Chief Engineer Snell, who has just joined the Karrakatta, was washed overboard and drowned on the voyage from Sydney. "