BRITISH AND FOREIGN CABLEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XIV, Issue 4459, 28 August 1889, Page 2

BRITISH AND FOREIGN CABLEGRAMS.

(By Electric Telegraph— Copyright.)

(per united press association.) Received August 27, ni 8 30 p m, London, August 26, Sixty thousand men are now on Btrike. In consequence of the stoppage of work, several Australian steamers are now onloading at Plymouth. Thousands of artisans of various trades are joining the movement as a mark of sympathy. The public sympathises with the strikers in many of their demands, and suggestions are made for arbitration. The Katkoura and Fifeshire have been nnable to load, and it 1b feared that, unless the strike soon terminates, they will be unable to keep their refrigerating machinery at work. Any new hands taken on are threatened by the strikers. There are 250 steamers in the port of Loudon waiting to load. Two steamers of the Anglo-Austra-liaD Steam Navigation Company have been unable to ooal. The World states that Lord Knutßford desires to retire, finding the fatigues of office too much for him. Received August 28, at 1.15 a.m. London, August 27. Obituary—Lady Tryon, wife of Admiral Tryon. The R.M.S. Raapahu will sail from Plymouth on August 29. Mr W. H. Smith, In reply to a question in the House of Commons, said it was scarcely just, at the end of the session and in a thin Honse, to aßk for a second reading of the Western Australian Bill. It would show more respect to tho colonies, and be more in accordance with tho interests of Western Australia itself, to introduce the Bill early next session. The Government now felt compelled to withdraw the Bill. The dock Btrike still paralyses business. The publio is largely contributing to the strikers' support, but misery 1b becoming acute. Although the strikers are generally orderly, forceß of cavalry and artillery are kept in readiness lest an attack should be made on the docks. The lumperß, porters, and carmen are striking at the coal hulks for double wages. Fruit and meat are rotting in tons. The clerks of the Orient Company are assisting to load the Liguria, and the P. and O. Company are unloading same of their vessels at Southampton, One of the immediate oonaequencea of the strike iB that the shipping trade of London is being diverted to Antwerp, Hamburg, and North British ports. H.M.S. Sultan has been towod into Malta. Washington, August 27. The United Suites Government deny that any negotiations are going on regarding the setzuie of fishing vessels in the Behrlng Sea. Received August 28, at 0.20 p.m. London, August 28. The local porters at the London depots are out on strike, demanding higher wages, In consequence the seaborne coal trade is almost at a standstil. The total number of men now on strike is 100,000, but, except in cases of the dock laborers acd stevedores, none are directed by tho Union and Labor Councils. Tho assistance rendered by the public to the strikers is spasmodic and is unlikely to last. Parleying is proceeding, but the dock companies hesitate to yield certain points. Burns, the Socialist, is acting as tho mouthpiece of the strikers. Thousands of tons of New Zealand mutton are rotting in the ships' holds (through the strike) and prloes consequently are doubling. Mr Gladstone writes to the Daily News enclosing a long list of horrors committed in Armenia and demands that a searching inquiry should be made. Calcutta, August 27. The Indian Native Presa emphatically condemn the policy of the Government of Cashmere, which they declare to be a policy thinly veiled of annexation.