HOME AND FOREIGN CABLE NEWS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XVII, Issue 5203, 9 February 1892, Page 2

HOME AND FOREIGN CABLE NEWS.

Jtv Klkctrio Thi-khuapii Cdl'Viikiiit, j (l'Kll UNITED I'IIKMS ASSOCIATION.) Received February it, at 10.30 a.m.] London, February H, Tenders fur tlio Western Auslralinn loan of LUr»(>,<MH), at four per cent., win, ;v niinimuin of Oil, were opened to-dny, The amount subscribed was >»i i"|y L 228,000, but the London anil W|. s f. minster Bank Iris Ink en tlie balance ut uiiniuHun. Cauttta, February H, The population of the whole of India, as shown liy the Into census, is two Inindred and eighty-eight niillions. Vienna. February 8. Archduke Franz Salvntor is millcring from influenza. llkki.tn, February S. Count Liniliurg Slirum Ims been div. missed from the (ieriuan service for piili. licly criticising the commercial treaties entered into with other Powers. Three ollicers of the Bavarian (iuanl, have been detruded, owing to cruel treat ment of their men. New Yoitu, February , Five bodies have been recovered fnnii the Royal Hotel debris. Sixty-nine per. sons are missing. Twenly-fi ur of tin* inmates were injured in attempting to escape, while eighty-one managed lo i. ( .| out. of the burning building willimit being hurt. The night, watchmen at lhi< hotel were under the inlluence of drink, Received February 9, at -.."id a.m.] Ni-;w Vniii;, February K, One of the most appalling fe.ittires n[ the lire yesterday was the collapse of l|| C interior of the hotel just, as Hut occupant were roused. It is feared that the must of those missing fc'l into Ihe dames. London, February N. Mr Chamberlain has been elected leader of the Unionists, in the place n| Lord Ilarlinglon. The body of (he lain (■. 11. Spurgenn was escorted by a procession to tlie Victoria Tabernacle, where rcliginiu services have begun. The World says that Ihe <.,Hieen Inn consented to the body of I,lm Duke n| Clarence anil Avondale being interred ill Sandrinuhain. The jiublie applied for a large porlimi of the Western Australian loan. Tingeneral opinion in the city is that. I lit ditliculty of obtaining the full subscription ought to be a warning to Ihe <>llu-r colonies. The return of (Jeneral llool.h will Ik celebrated by two dinners in Loihlmii attended by 5000 of his followers, and liy one in Birmingham. Mr Storey, M.l\, obtained a verdict fur LoO in the act ion for libel arising mil nf the Silksworlh election. Wool is unchanged, but bidding \h spirited.