LATEST CABLE NEWS.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume II, Issue 118, 2 March 1894, Page 3

LATEST CABLE NEWS.

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Received 1 a.ut. London. March i. M *tUm* PaUT. th* wall known contra to singer. who visited the colonies a few Tear* ago. fainted at a concert in Sbefbed. an i died within aix bour». The muw of death wa* apolexv. Kong Kong. March 1. Br a eolhsry e\p osion in lhan Tung proT'.ace, 400 miner* were killed. Home. March 1. In tho Chamber of l>sputies .Signor Cnepi • ip!a T.r l that th* recent anarchist conspiracy in Sicily wa* the outcome of .i- f i -f.» n I MT) • ■|v which could command the support of 800.000 men The rieing h«d •"••■n ar ranged to take p ace about the middle of Fsbrtrarv. and the couapirator* relied on warm occurring during the year through help of Russia. to which nation they in tended to cede the pnnr.pal forte. St r nor Cnepi m miatetueiit haa created a great eenmauon throughout the countrv. London. March 1. Sir Charles D Ike, Lieatonant-Go oral Cheeney. land Spencer Forester. and Mr Wi kinsor. nave addremaed letter* to the leader* of th* Government and Opposition •ho wine the danger* of the existing systetr of national defence, and urging a aingle rain:«trr abou'd combine Jvecrelarv •hip to Admiralty with responsible military adviser* who should also be the principal executive officer* in each branch of • • Mr Chamberlain appro' * of the scheme which a!*o meets with the support of the unionist pr»ee Mr Gladstone had an interview with the Queen yesterday, and it it believed lie will abort!y undergo a critical operation to the eye. involving a confinement for seven week* in adarkeued room. His colleagues hope the operation will not involve his permanent loas as leader of the Government The Radical I-abor pariv resent the , prospect of Mr Hafcoxirt being shunted from the lead r*h-f> m favor of laird j Bos.berry. Mr Henley implied it was toe wish of tha party to exhibit greater re*«r\* in relations with the Ministry if Mr Gladstone retired. The I>aily new* says that even if Mr Gladstone retires the Liberal party are bound to pass the Home Rule Bill. Tin %k i . M r Baifour and i>lbir prominent number* of | the ( onsTvne party doubt whither Mr , Gladstone wi’l resign. In t.« II > af L I . LorißlU wej . by a »iuall majority, caused the Bari*h i Councils Rill to be further amended in the direction of in< reading the population limit to HOO. an«l altering the sytaetu of governiueui m connecti< n with the go venting bodv of parochial charmer. , Retting on the Oxford Cambridge boat , race is *2 to 1 on Oxford. Heveiwd 10 40 a m. Paris. March L ! Twenty six anarchists were arrested in the city to day. One of them was caught in the act of placing a bomb. 1 The Autonomic Flub c ose* voluntariix tins week. Ilarrx Faraeee has retired from the ; •tatT of Pouch and intend* starting au ! illustrated periodical ou his own account, j Two large s’ssm lines hate made offer* to Mr Reid for butler contracts at J<i p* r a. NokTXItL, March 1. | The orchestra at one of Patti'* concerts in Moutreal omitted the Natiooal Anthem at the close of the concert, whereupon the i Governor <>< eei al. the Karl of Aberdeen, started it humelf and was joined by the aaJituce.