LATEST CABLE NEWS.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume II, Issue 197, 3 September 1894, Page 3

LATEST CABLE NEWS.

A Rise in Wool

By Electrio Telegraph.—Copyright. (Per Press Association.)

Received 1 p.m. The Curacoa.

London, beptember 1. The Daily News questions the right of H.M.B. Curacoa to iaterfere in Samoa, and paints out that the assistance exercised was solely in support of Malietoa, and not beeaasa British livss wsrs sadangsred. Irish Parliamentary Fund. London, bsptembsr 1. Mr Gladstone aad Lord Twsedmouth have each gives L‘loo towards the Irish Parliamentary fund. Sir George Grey. London, September 1. Sir George Grey will spend the winter on the continent and return to London in the spring. A Revolt. Capktown, September 1. The natives in Lourenco Margner, a Portuguese settlement south of the Zambesi river, hate revolted under Chief Moreja.

Washington, September 1. Owing to the tariff the value of domestic wool has advanced 85 per cent, and all woollen factories are resuming work. Commercial men prediet a great wave of prosperity for the next few months. Outrages on Foreigners. Shanghai, September 1. Outrages on the foreigners continue, the latest victim being M. Chaillet, the French Collector of Customs in Oanei, Anaua. whose murder was to-day recorded. Deceased • wife and daughter were kidnapped. The breach Consul has made a strong protest to the Pekin Court. Received 0.50 a.m. Antwerp Wool Sales. London, September 2. The Antwerp wool sales open on the llth and elate on the 14th ; 1400 bales of Australian wool will be offered. Labor Troubles. London, September 2. Serious encounters have taken place be tween the police and rainera at Coalridge, near Glasgow. The poliee charged with bayonet* and several persons were wounded. Lyneh Law. New York. September 2. A masked mob in Shelby County, Tennessee, lynched six negroes who were caught firing houses. Italy and England. Home. September 1. Italy atka Great Britain to join her in an advance on Khartoum. Negotiations are proceeding. African Affairs. London. September 2. Colonel Rhodes, the elder brother of Mr Cecil Rhodes, succeeds Dr Jamison as administrator of affairs for the British in Maubeleland. A Heavy Loss. London, September 2. The total swing to the strike of Scotch mines is estimated at six millions sterling.