HOME AND FOREIGN CABLE NEWS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XVII, Issue 5462, 19 December 1892, Page 3

HOME AND FOREIGN CABLE NEWS.

I»v Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (pep. united press association.) Received December 19, at 10.40 a.m.] London, December 18. The Monetary Conference will resume the session on May 30th. It hopes meanwhile to arrive at an eqtiitab'e basis of understanding, in no wis.- infringing the fundament-1 principles of monetary policy of the various countries. Mr Justice Williams refused to make an order for the compulsory winding up of the New Ori ntal Bank, on the ground of expense and delay. New York, December 18. By a fire in a cotton and jute warehouse at IJrooklyn, damage was caused to the extent of LTO.OOO. The Talmage Tabernacle has been seized for debt. Ottawa. December 18. The sentence passed on Thomas M'Grevy, contractor, has been reduced to nine months. Paris, December 18. Coltti has returned to Paris. Received December 19, at 11.13 a.m.] London, December 18. . Seventy miners have been rescued from the Ranfurling Colliery. It is proposed to hold a World's Fair in I.SD.i.

The forgeries alleged to have been committed by Wright and Hobbs amounted to L23,0f10 per quarter. Hobbs falsified the wages' sheet to the extent of L 15.000. The hearing of the charges has begun at Bowstreet. A third charge is that Wright supplied signatures to bills purporting to emanate from Hobbs. The creditors further alleged that a clerk of Hobbs named Kentish was cognisant of the frauds and received a percentage. San Francisco, December 18.

The eruption of Mauna Lea [Sandwich Islands] was accompanied hj a severe earthquake. The lava now threatens to destroy two villages. Mexico, December 18.

The Mexican Government demands that the United States shall snppress the Indian revolt on the Texas frontier. The country is being laid waste, and 11 Mexicans were killed.

Valparaiso, December 18. Two officers have been shot on a charge of conspiracy to kill President Moutt. Rome, December 18.

The Italian Ministry is proposing to make a civil marriage compulsory before a religious ceremony.

Received December 19, at noon.] London, December 19. Tallow—Medium mutton, 2Cs 9d ; beef, "2-')S 9d.

The English wheat market is declining ; the Continental is inactive, and the American is depressed. Antimony, LA- 10.~.