HOME AND FOREIGN CABLE NEWS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XVII, Issue 5205, 11 February 1892, Page 2

HOME AND FOREIGN CABLE NEWS.

lSv Eucctkio 'l'M.i'uuArii—('orviiiniiT, (rmt UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Received February 11, at 10.30 a.m.] London, February 10, In tho House of Lords, tho Marquis i>[ Salisbury stated that negotiations respect, itifi tho Newfoundland dillicnlty were in abeyance, as tho rash criticism of the (in. veniment action by the Gladstone party had induced Franco to believe that tlhti« was no hope to secure nn execution of ty award of the arbitrators. The speeches in both houses of t]| C Legislature were couched in a tone of dn'|i sympathy for the death of the Dukoiil Clarence, and the fact that, the Uny«] Family had not bid for a universal nut. burst of world-wide sorrow whn much noted. Sir Michael llicks-Boieb, President of the Board of Trade, replying to Mr Lowther's amendment regarding the lien, ties, said that the provisions he objected to wore doubtless relics of tlm past goiio. ration, but the proposals suggested by tho British Empire Trade League and ollii'u were a miserable substitute for a y,u||. verein between the colonies and (J rent Britain. The Standard asserts that, the fall in colonial .stocks is due to the failures in Melbourne ard Brisbane. The number of deaths reported in London for the week from influenza is 27<i. Tho death rate of t hose attacked by the epidemic is .'II per 1000. The statement made by tho World I lint the (Juoen has assented to the burial of tho remains of the late Puke of Clarcnco at Sandringham is olliciallj' denied. Received February 11, at 10,-10 a.m.] Bum,in, February 10, Tho German loans have been subscribed three-foM. St. Pethrshuro, February 10. Eleven ships aro being added to tho Russian Pacific squadron, and in addition to these, the Hoot will bo augmented hyn number of smaller vessels. M aphid, February 10, Four of the Xeres anarchists have licni executed, ami there is considerable (incitement in Spain at the death sentence) having been cawied out. Wakii'nuton, February 10. The Finance Committee of the Simiiilo has reported adversely on all the Freo Silver Coinage Bills. London, February 10. The Daily Chronicle, in attempting lo reassure investors, points out. that it is impossible to ell'ect rapid retrenchment, in the Australian colonies. The Waterloo Cup, is creating miiiip little interest, and the nomination nt Colonel North is supported at 4 to 1. Obituary—The 1 light. Hon. Sir .lainc* Caird, tho eminent agricultural authority, aged 70. Tho total <|uanlityof wheat and flour afloat for tho United Kingdom is 2,!M)H,(H)I) quartern, and for the Continent l,ir>(>,ooo quarters. Shares—Otago and Southland In virulent Society, 5s ; Robert Campbell nml Co., L 4 ; Dalgety anil Co., L 0 15s.