NEWS BY CABLE.

Opunake Times, Volume I, Issue 46, 7 December 1894, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

HOME AXP FOREIGN. Shanghai, December 1. The attempt of the Chinese to recapture Kinohow was repulsed with a loss of 200 men. The Japanese only lost eight men. Count Yamagata's troops have occupied Langhtby and Liadyang, within 40 miles of Moukden\ Li Hung Chang has gone to Pekin. It is reported at Pekin that Monkin and another port in the Island of Hainau are to be opened to foreign trade. The Times says it is expected that Japan will agree to the terms of peace in a few days. It is reported that chaos reigns in Pekin, and the United States Legation there is threatened. Tokio, December 4. General Yamagata is returning to Japan invalided. Zanzibar, December 4. News frem the Lake Country states that more heavy fighting has occurred in Onyoro. Kabba Regga, the native chieftain, was again defeated. London, December 3.

It is reported that Great Britain, resenting her exclusion from the peace negotiations by the the Chinese, has decided on making a naval demonstration off Chusan. Afurther Chinese loan of £1,200,000 at 4$ per cent, will shortly be placed on the English market.. Many Foreigners are, it is alleged, taking part in the preparations for the defence of Weihawei. Tokio, December 8. The Japanese Government has returned a favorable answer to the Chinese proposals for peace, but requires further assurances that the Government will be able to fulfil its offer. Meanwhile the fighting will not cease. Rome, December 1. The Popo has invited Cardinal Vaughan to visit Home to discuss the possibility of a union between the Anglicau and Roman Catholic Churches. He proposes to call a conference of Cardinals to discuss the matter. London, December 2. At the wool sales to-day, there was a poor selection on the catalogue, but bidding continued spirited, and prices were well maintained. At Saturday's wool sales, a better catalogue was presented. French and Americans are buying freely, and good wools are dearer than at the opening rates. London, December 8. The Statist announces that it it expected France will issue a loan of £40,000,000 early in 1895. The bulk of the butter ex lonic realised from 86s to 1003 per cwt. Some of the choicest parcels brought 100 s.

The report of the Land and Loan Company of New Zealand shows a loss of £ISOO on the year's working, chiefly due to the depreciation in the the value of sheep. The wheat market is sixpence dearer 14,000 quarters of South Australian wheat, to be shipped in December and January has been sold at 255. 18,000 quarters of Victorian, to be shipped in December and January, and 10,000 quarters of January and February shipment, sold at 25 s 3.1. At the wool sales, a medium catalogue was offered. The bidding was fair, and prices were maintained. London, December 4. The ship Earl of Zetland, bound to Melbourne, is ashore near Roneney, on the Kentish coast. The Gulf of Venice, sailing, for Australia, struck the Greenock breakwater, and was badly damaged. Reginald Saunderson, nephew of Colonel Saunderson, the well-known Ulster M.P., was arrested on his own confession that he. had murdered Agusta Dawes, a prostitute, in a street at Kensington. On exam'natiou, however, the boy was found to be insane. St. Peterburg, December 8. A Nihilist plot against the Czar has been discovered. Hobart, December 2. The Kaikoura brought 35 passengers for Australian ports, and takes on 204 for New Zealand, including the Hon. Spencer Lyttelton. Melbourne, December 3. The Agricultural Department is satisfied with the price of Is per doz. recived for the recent shipment of eggs to London. The Railway Commissioners hope to reduce the working expenses of the railways by £IOO,OOO before the close of the financial year. Melbourne, November 21. Helena Elliot, a young lady of 24 recently from Adelaide, ,was found dead on the railway line at Scarsdale Junction, near Ballarat, last week. Her head was severed from her body by the Stawell train. It is apparently, a case of suicide. Her brain had been affected by a recent fever.