LAST NIGHT'S CABLEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 5098, 7 October 1891, Page 1

LAST NIGHT'S CABLEGRAMS.

[By Electf.ic Telegraph Copyright.]

(per united press association.)

Received. October 6, at 8 p.m.] London, October 5. Mr Maple intends to send Common to the stud. . Three months' bills are discounted at per cent. The Scotch banks have raised the rate of discount to four per cent. The Shipping Federation and other carrying unions are considering proposals to federate with similar association sin Australia and America. An international conference will probably be convened at Chicago to arrange terms. If the labor block is effective to-morrow, overtures for a settlement of the dispute will be made to employers or to confine the quarrel to its present area. The Labor Federation has instructed all the unions to boycott the goods from the Carron and Hermitage wharves, wherever found. . • Washington, October 5.

President Harrison demands an indemnity from Spain for the outrages on American missionaries in the Caroline Islands. The boiler of a steam tug exploded at Chicago, killing eight persons and injuring many others. Received October 6, at 7-45 p.m.] London. October 6.

The Hon. J. W. Fortescue, in a letter to the Pall Mall Gazette, accuses the Victorian Government of showing a sham surplus. He cites the refusal of South Australia to contribute to the cost of the New Guinea protectorate and the New Plymouth Harbor Board's default as instances of broken obligations and cheating creditors. Mr W. H. Smith has suffered a relapse, and London physicians have been summoned to Walmer Castle, where the lion, gentleman is staying. Seventy thousand miners 111 South Wales are negotiating with a view to join the Labor Federation. The Rev. Mr Spurgeon has sufficiently recovered to remove to the seaside at Eastbourne.

Received October 7, at 1.23 a.m.] St. Petersburg, October 6. The Czar lias announced his intention to give up balls and court festivities and devote the money thus saved to the relief of the famine-stricken people. Thousands of peasants are dying of want. Rome, October R.

Cardinal Langenuit, the Archbishop of Rlieims, in the presence of the Pope, expressed his regret at the incident which had occurred at the tomb of Victor Emanuel. Paris, October 6.

The Paris correspondent of the Times states that M. Ribofc. Minister of Foreign Affairs, after sounding the Chamber of Deputies, intends to promptly conclude a written compact specifying the arrangement which has been come to between France and Russia. It is expected the treaty will be signed in a few weeks, despite Russia's attempts to too closely identify France with Russian interests. Berlin, October 6. The King of Wurtemburg is dying. Calcutta, October 6.

Captain Younghusband, the British political agent, who was reported to have been killed by Russians in the Pamir, is safe. Vienna, October 6. The Emperor's visit to Bohemia, which was intended to reconcile the Germans and the Czar, is a failure. Valparaiso, October 6.

Mr Egan, United States Minister, has notified the Chilian Government that persistence in its present attitude will lead to a cessation of friendly relations. London, October 6.

Large quantities of gum bark and tallow were burned in the Tooley-street fire. The fire began at Leach and Co. 's warehouse, which, along with five others, was gutted. The coroner who held an inquiry into the death of the chorus girl, Lydia Manton, denies there was any secrecy about it. The Court was filled with reporters and the public. Slight conflicts are of frequent occurrence at Carron wharf, and the assistance of the police has to be called in. The masters deny that they intend to lock the men out.

AUSTRALIAN NEWS. (per united press association.) Received October 7, at 1.25 a.m. Sydney, October 6.

Rabbits and hares are increasing to an alarming extent in the country districts, though, owing to the good season, the damage is not so noticeable. The ravages in the Cobar sections have driven the stock off the runs.

Thursday Island, October 6. The new steamer Waitolii has arrived here on her way to New Zealand. Adelaide, October 6. The Moonta strikers decline arbitration at present.