LATEST CABLE NEWS.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume I, Issue 49, 13 September 1893, Page 3

LATEST CABLE NEWS.

By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.] (Per Press Association). Received 7.80 p.m. London. September 11. The Prince of Wales’ yacht Britunin won the Victoria Gold Challenge Cup. def -ating the American yacht Navahoe thrice in succession. Mr W. O’Brien’s father in-law has!paid t lo former's cost in a libel action brought inst him by the Marquis of Salisbury, thus avoiding bankruptcy proceedings. A death from cholera is reported in Grimsby, and another from supposed | cholera in Bedford. Nottinghamshire. Bsssived l un. London, September 12. There is an impression in financial circles in the city that the Victorian ConI version Scheme will require a very low minimum unless the rate of interest is further increased, Mr W. B. Perceval, Agent-General for New Zealand, is the only agent who favors the establishment of a colonial party in the Imperial Parliament. A long discussion has taken place in the House of Commons on the Cordite scandal, during which Mr 11. Campbell Bannerman. Secretary for War, and Earl Spencer, First Lord of the Admiralty, justified the action of Sir I). Abel. The Midland Railway Company and j the Great Northern Railway Company continue to reduce the number of trains | owing to want of coal. Obituary.—Dr Park, one of Stanley’s expedition. It is expected that the bank rate of discount will shortly be reduced. Deaths an- reported in Rcdfern and Boston from cholera of Asiatic type. Bkklin, September 12. Prince Bismarck is somewhat better. London, September 12. It is reported that Sweden has joined the Triple Alliance, and that as an offset Prussia is intriguing with Norway in view of the possible separation of the latter. Received 12.3 p.m. London, September 12. The House of Commons rejected the motion to reduce the Army vote as a protest against the appointment of the Duke of Connaught to the command at Aidershot. In a speech upon the occasion Mr Camp--Ik*ll Bannerman, Secretary of War, implied that in the event of the Duke of Cambridge’s retirement the Duke of Connaught would not succeed to the Coinmandership-in-Chief. The Scotsman says the police have | seized a boat with a hole in her bottom which is supposed to indicate an attempt to drown Lieutenant Hamborough the night before he w’as shot. Four fires occurred in Manson’s house in England. The furniture in the place was insured. Washington. September 12. One hundred thousand people are waiting on the outskirts of the Cherokee Reserve. which is to be declared open for settlement next Saturday. Capktown, September 12. Bodies of Matabele warriors are moving towards the Chartered Company’s terri- , tory on the Lundi River. Mashona and white settlers are rallying at Fort Victoria I to oppose the advance. Rio Jankiko, September 12. There has been some sharp fighting on | t’le outskirts of the city. The insurgents attempted to land on the east shore of the hav, but were repulsed wit 1 1 a loss of fifty men killed. Paris, September 12. Obituary. General de Miribel, chief of ! staff. The Republique Francaisc says the Siamese settlement is entirely at a stand - . still owing to British intrigues.