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Pahiatua Herald, Volume II, Issue 141, 27 April 1894, Page 3

LATEST CABLE NEWS.

(Pan Press Association.) fly Electric Telegraph—Copyright. Received 1.10 a.m. Eight Hours. London, April 25. The Miners' Eight Hours' Hill has been read a second time by a majority ol 87. The Home B<crciar) declared a very considerable majority of the Cabinet approved of the measure. J. A. Tease. M.P. for Northumber- > land, •aid if the measure were carried it would be the deathblow to English indnatnes. Sir A. Hackman. M.P. for Wolverhampton. dtclar. d the adoption of the legal eight hours would vastly increase the cost to local consumers. Lord Randolph Churchill strongly supported the Bill. Shaking a Finger at the Kaiser. Lomkix, April 25. The Westminster Gazette warns Ctermany of the overwhelming preponderance of colonial trade with Samoa. Coxey's Army. Washington, April 26. The Coaeyites have seized a tram at Butte, in California, and the 1 Federal Government has ordered its reuaptnre. At flismark. in Missouri, two regimrnte are in readiness to oppose the Committed. flat ssr.i.H. April 26. Madame Jownaiix has been committed for inal Over-Subscribed. ItiauN, April 26. The Government loan of eight 1 millions at 8 per cent, has been sub- * scribed twofold. Received 11.16 a m. Victoria’s Agent-General. Lokdox, April 26. I Mr (fill et take* charge*of the Vic- ' lerian Agency General on Monday. If Frozen Meat. Lomkix, April 26. Mr W.ddell is at Paris urging the Knuch Minis'.' r of War to purchase the Timaru's Gselong inuttou and utilise fhc ship at Rouen for cold storage purposes. There are complaints that boxes of . mutton in all the vessels r-c ntly ar- j rived from New Zeal in 1 have a bad j odour. It is believid it is due to de- 1 fec'n. freezing in the first instance. The Costa Rica Case. London, April 24. Sir Saul Samuel is urging that it it unfair to exclude tbs owner* and crew of the Costa Rica on a technical point. The principles of equity and justice ought to be applied to the case. Cold Storage. I/okdon, April 24. | The Port Said Refrigerating Company ha* secured a site for a store at Malta at a cost of £IO.OOO. The works will he finished m six months. The Government is directing the son struct ion of a cold store at Gibraltar. I Eight Hours' Bill. London, April 26. Judge Hughe-*, in a letter to the Times, cites Sir Henry Parkes’ opposition to compulsory eight hours for miners. Messrs John Sforley, Burt and thirty unatTscted Liberai msmbert voted against the Eight Hours' Bill. An Anarchist Arrested. Paris, April 26. Malhia. an Anarchist, friend of Henry, now in custody, has been arrested in the city. Received 10.55 a.m. N.Z L. A M.A. Co. London, April 26. auditor of the New Zealand ■ Loan and Mercantile Agency Company. stated he objected to the Wai- j Irato share appearing in the balance- j sheet under the heal of wool and j produce advanr. s. These required a separate heading. Mr Paul, treasurer, . ila led it was in accordance with the directors' wishes and witneas made no 1 protest to the Board. A Pretty State of Affairs. Washington, Apul 26. The Coseyites at Buts ran a train into Pakato, and defeated and disarmed a body of 85 men sent by the Maraball tn pursuit. Ths President has ordered the troop* to stop the train. Coxey will be a candidate of the party for the Pr» aidency, Several towns in Colorado are planning to pay ths fares of five hundred men to the capital. The Knights of Labor also threaten to March an army upon Ottawa. All About Samoa. London, April 26. The Morning Post advises that Germany should he asked what price she will take to withdraw from Samoa, and that the United States should be fl sealed by allowing her to retain 'agopago. Ths way would then be clear for England to deal with the Island. Berlin, 26. Ths Vossiscb* Zeitung thinks that the Powers are heartily tired of the Samoan treaty, and would dttaolvs it if England, under Austrvliin pressure, gave the signal. The N'ord Deutsche Allg.Mueine Zeitung considers that N v Z. aland has no voice in the matter at all.