LAST NIGHT'S CABLEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XIX, Issue 5952, 23 May 1894, Page 1

LAST NIGHT'S CABLEGRAMS.

_____e . (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) HOME AND FOREIGN NEWS. i (per united press association. ) 1 Received May 22, at 7.30 p.m.] Buda 'Pesth, May 21. The Lower House of the Hungarian , Diet has returned the Marriage Bill to the Upper House, despite its rejection by , the latter. Faulty wools are slow of sale, and a i large quantity has been withdrawn. Good sorts remain firm. The Tataria brand (New Zealand) realised &gd. Received May 23, at 0.40 a.m.] London, May 22. Experts state that Queensland cocoons, when reeled, are worth 16s per lb. to the manufacturers. A leading firm offer 3to take all procurable. Experts both of England and Germany report favorably on Queensland cedar for the purpose of making cigar boxes. Mr Black doubs, however, whether the charge for freight could be made low enough to allow of a profit upon the export of this timber. Cool stores are being erected in Glasgow. The promoters invite colonial exporters of meat and dairy produce to ship direct to that port. The Scotsman says the new death duties will only apply to the colonial personal property of colonists domiciled in the United Kingdom at the time of death. The body of the late Edmund Yates will be cremated. Manchester was gorgeously illuminated in honor of the Queen's visit to formally open the ship canal. Two millions of spectators lined the eight miles of streets. The Mayors of Manchester and Salford were knighted in honor of the occasion. Belgrade, May 22. The action of the King is to curb the power of the Radicals, nine-tenths of whom are opposed to the present dynasty. Washington, May 22. A decline of the gold reserve in the United States of 283,000,000 dollars is causing alarm. Coxey, Brown, and Jones have been sentenced to 30 day's imprisonment for forcing an entrance into the Capitol grounds, o AUSTRALIAN NEWS. (per united press association.) Received May 23, at 0.40 a.m.] Sydney, May 22. ; Public petitions are being prepared in j favor of reprieving Montgomery and Williams, now under sentence of death for a violent attack on the police. In the case of Martin v. Cricket, an application for a writ of casa against the defendant, who pleaded privilege, the full Court decided that members of Parliament had no immunity from arrest, and ordered the writ to be issued. Obituary—Hon. P. Faucett, Legislative Councillor and ex-Judge. The Colonial Treasurer is altogether opposed to the views of the Premier of Victoria upon the border duties. He considers a treaty with one colony impracticable until the whole question of intercolonial trade is dealt with, and that it can only be done by a system of federation on the basis of intercolonial freetrade ' with protection against the outside world.