LATEST CABLE NEWS.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume II, Issue 241, 17 December 1894, Page 3

LATEST CABLE NEWS.

By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright,

Per Press association. Received 6 p.m. London. December 15. Mr Gladstone will spend the winter in Cannes and Biarritz. Lord Roseberry, addressing a meeting at Stratford, advised the independent Labor party to coalesce with the Liberals who were determined to deal with the working class questions thoroughly. Though unable to accept the Norwich programme he promised to introduce a bill for the unification of labor. Victorian stocks have recovered 1J per cent. Washington, December 15. Deos, leader of the late strike, has been sentenced to six months’ imprisonment for defying the judge’s injunction in connection with that strike. Ottawa, December 15. The dispatch of the cruiser Blenheim from London with the remains of the late Sir J. S. D. Thompson and the Queen s message of sympathy have evoked immense enthusiasm throughout Canada. Madrid, December 15. Despite the opposition of the Government a motion hoe been carried in the Chamber reducing the import duty on wool. Constantinople, December 15. The Porte consents to the British, Russian and French consuls in Erzeroum, the capital of Turkish Armenia, being appointed to hold an enquiry into the recent outrages in Armenia by Turkish soldier*. The invitation to the United States Government to take part ha* been withdrawn by the Saltan, owing to the limitation* placed om the Consul by President Cleveland. St. Johns, December 15. Tho Newfoundland Government has arranged to pay the interest on the public debt falling due in January. Operatives are in a state of semi-starvation, being without money to purchase bread, and the employers have no money with which to pay wage*. Received 1 a.m. London, December 16. Mr A. J. Mundella, formerly president of the Board of Trade, in addressing his constituents explained his connection with the New Zealand Loan and .Mercantile Agency Company and his reasons for resigning his portfolio after Judge Williams’ remarks on his action as director. He declared that the reason why the explanation had not been given earlier was that the case was still sub jurftcc. He had, he said, done his duty, and feared no man’s censure. Paris, December 16. The French have occupied Tamatavo, , the Hovas fleeing after three shells had | been fired from the warships.