LAST NIGHT'S CABLEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 5093, 1 October 1891, Page 1

LAST NIGHT'S CABLEGRAMS.

[By Electric Telegraph Coi>yric.ht.]

(PER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

Received September, 30 at 8 p.m.] Home, September 20. His Holiness the Pope to day blessed 60,000 pilgrims in St. Peter's amidst great enthusiasm. Berlin, September 29. Herr von Boetticher, Secretary of State for the interior, declares that peace was never more sure than at present. New York. September 29. Intelligence to hand from Central America states that a revolt broke out in the Republic of Guatemala, oil the 15th instant, and the loss of life is reported to have been 500 killed.

Hamburg, September 29. The Chilian cruiser Presidente Pinto has arrived here, a mutiny having broken out among the crew. Ottawa, September 29. The Canadian agent is shipping sixty waggon loads of eggs to Liverpool. London. September 29.

The Bishops of Truro, Lichfield, Coventry, Soutlnvark, and Zululand' were consecrated in St. Paul's Cathedral to-day.

It is reported the rise in the price of butter from Denmark is due to the small quantity made. The twin screw steamer Teutonic, belonging to the White Star Line, has made the record on the passage from New York to Queenstown. The time occupied on the voyage was 5 days 17 hours.

At the wool sales prices were unchanged. During a gale three men were blown oft' a bridge ancl killed. The fire which broke out on the P. and O. Steamer Rome, while lying in Greenchalk dock has been extinguished. The damage is estimated at L 35,000.

Received October 1, at 1 a.m.] London. September 30.

Sir Charles Tupper, High Commissioner for the Dominion of Canada in London, in an article contributed to the Nineteenth Century strongly supports the Marquis of Lome's suggestions as the most practical solution of the Imperial Federation enigma. He .vould make the representatives in London of the Dominion of Canada, Africa, and Australia members of the Cabinet, and to be always consulted when foreign policy touches colonial interests, the representatives quitting office when colonial governments were changed. The article goes on to say that direct contribution is not the best assistance the colonies could give Imperial defence, and that it would bo better to develop the defensive powers of the colonies, leaving them to build strategic railways and provide cruisers for the protection of their commerce. He considers it quite possible that England, and the three dominions mentioned above, could devise a commercial tarifi by which the outlying portions of the empire would be allowed an advantage over foreigners, and that 5s per quarter in corn would be sufficient advantage for India, Australia, and Canada. Sir Charles Tupper concludes by stating that the late Sir John Macdonald concurred with these views.

AUSTRALIAN NEWS,

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Received October 1, at 1 a.m.]

Sydney, September 30. The panic caused by the failure of financial institutions is subsiding, and it is not expected that there will be any further suspension. The revenue returns of the colony for the quarter show a decrease of L 46,000. Adelaide. September 30. Mr Henniker Heaton, M.P.,_ who is visiting the colonies for the benefit of his health, has arrived here. In the course of an interview he stated he was convinced that the cable rate to Australia would be reduced to Is per word within two years, and he asserted that the cable companies were making LIOOO per day out of messages. He professed he was disappointed that Sir John Gorst had not been appointed to succeed the late Mr Cecil Raikes a PostmasterGeneral.