LATEST CABLE NEWS.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume I, Issue 47, 8 September 1893, Page 3

LATEST CABLE NEWS.

[By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (Per Press Association). Monster Meeting. London, Sept. 7. The Trades Union Congress at Belfast, representing 900.000 men, by a two-thirds majority, instructed the labor members of the House of Commons to support collective ownership and control all means of production and distribution. Cholera. London, Sept. 7. Another death has occurrod at Hull from cholera. Less Hostile. Calcutta, Sept. 7. The Indian newspaper* are less hostile to Sir Henrv Norman’s appointment than English, except on the score of age. Serious Rioting. London, Sept. 7. Riots have occurred in the vicinity of Barnesley with serious results. A band of 600 miners attacked the men at work At Wath colliery, destroyed hooks and machinery and set fire to coal heaps. These outrages were repeated at Manvrsmaid colliery, and the rioters then returned to Wath colliery in a drunken state, burned down the offices and rolled blar.ing tubs down the shaft. The police were summoned and succeded is dispersing the mob. End of a Strike. London, Sept. 7. The coal strike at South Wales is at an end. A Subterfuge. Capetown. Sept. 7. It is believed the Embassy sent by Tiobenguela to Sir H. Look is merely a subterfuge to enable the impis who are away at present to return. The King is removing all his cattle into the interior. Received 8 a.m. • A Naval Revolt. Washington. September 7. The officers and crew of three Brazilian warships have revolted, and it is reported that the mutinous vessels have blocked Rio de Janeiro. Scarcity of Coal. London, September 7. The Manchester, Sheffield and Lincoln Railway Company have stopped fifty-five and the Midland Railway Company fourteen additional trains, owing to the want of coal. Bank of Australasia. London, September 7. The profits of the Bank of Australasia amount to i*60.000, with X‘lo.ooo brought forward. A dividend of 6$ per cent has been declared* and XIO.OOO carried forward to next year’s account. Samoan Affairs. London, September 7. Mr Henry Ide. who succeeds Baron Cedercrantz in Samoa, is an American, and sails for Samoa in October. Recived 10.45 a.m. Cholera. London. September 7. A death from cholera is recorded in Rotherham, also one in Hull and another in Grimsby, and seven deaths at Swansea. A seaman on hoard the steamer Etna died trom cholera in the Red Sea. Yachting. London, September 7. The l’rince of Wales’ yacht Brittania defeated the American yacht Navahoe in the international match. Riots in Leeds. London, September 7. Much rioting has taken place in Leeds and district. Eight thousand colliers, many of them armed with weapons, brutally limited off the free men and compelled others to discontinue employing them. The police were unable to cope with the rioters. The military maintained order in Derbyshire. Much violence was displayed in Sheffield and Nottingham district. Masonic. London, September 7. The Grand Lodge of England lias confirmed the decision given in the June Inspection of the Cambrian Lodge of N.S.W. and has voted the sum of 600 guineas for relief of the Masons who were sufferers by the Queensland Hoods. Burned Alive. Capktown, September 7. Horrible details are to hand of the Matabelle raids on Mashonas; many of the hitter were burned alive and the tortures are described as of a hellish character.