THE WORLD

Patea Mail, Volume IV, Issue 175, 14 September 1891, Page 2

THE WORLD

Mr Hercules Robinson, junr., is betrothed to third daughter of Lord Castlomaine.—The Marquis of Salisbury declares that Russia has no exclusive right to the Dardanelles, It is considered unlikely that Germany or Austria will move io tho matter,—Tho Metropolitan Railway Company have offered to adopt the Gibson link, a colonial invention.—Tho oldest eon of Sir Samuel Wilson, of Victoria, is engaged to the youngest daughter of the lato Duke of Marlborough.—Tho Parnellitos only succeeded in obtaining three thousand pounds towards establishing a daily paper, and they will, therefore, start an evening paper instead of a morning.—Tho Trades Union Congress decided by 242 to 15(5 that tho legal Eight Hours Bill shall not come into operation without tho consent of two-thirds of the organised members of the Trade Unions,—Wool is vary firm, tho opening rates being well maintained, —Parnell refuses to attend the Chicago Convention in October, —A seminary for Roman Catholic priests has been opened in Surrey, This is tho first established of tho kind in England since the Reformation,—England and Portugal have completed tho delimitation of spheres in Mauicaland.—The announcement that the eight hours shall, not come into operation until sanctioned by two-thirds of the members of tho Trades Unions, was received

with much cheering, and the decision of tho moating destroys the international agreement, and will bo affirmed at Tuesday’s meeting,— Messrs Alexander and Co,, merchants, have failed. Tho gross liabilities are put down at a million and three quarters, but tho deficiency is only estimated at forty four thousand pounds. —The New South Wales four and a half million loan is nominally at half premium. The fooling in the City is not hostile, but the amount is considered excessive. The lowness of tho minimum is expected to assure success. The rate of interest is per cent.—General Gailifet watched the man uuvrec of the French troops from a balloon, and directed their movements by telephone.-—A staircase collapsed in a circus at Marseilles while tho audience wore going out, and twenty five people were injured,—The famine among the Russian peasantry is increasing.—The Russian Government is uneasy at tho attitude adopted by China, and baa decided to store immense quantities of munitions of war at Vladivostok. —Cholera is raging at Aleppo and Aintab in Syria, and is spreading west. Two thousand deaths are reported daily.—The plague is expected to oxtond into Europe.—Germany has been officially inquiring into the Canadian ryo crop, and tho Government has been informed that 2,000,000 buffisla are available for export. —Tho Pope naa oiUorod accommodation io bo prepared in tho Vatican for 2200 French pilgrims and 100 Senators.—Deputies from different countries will take part in the Peace Congress at Rome.—Tho Mahdi is reported to have collected 10,000 men, with whom ho is marching northwards.—The British Government has arranged with the Canadian Pacific Railway to convey a number of regiments in a given time in tho event of war.= Further disturbances are repotted from the Caroline Islands. The Spanish troops suffered heavily in an encounter with the natives.—A female parachutist fell from a height of 5010 feet into Lake Poonria, Illinois. She was rescued alive, but it is not expected aha will recover from tho shock, — Government have despatched the cruisers Pensacola and Saa Francisco to Honolulu, owing to the excitement there at the death of the (Queen’s consort.—Tho New York Times considers it important to have an American warship at Honolulu in the event of Great Britain endeavouring to make Honolulu tho Gibraltar of the Pacific,—Tea Supreme Court of America has decided that pauper Jews muet return to Europo.—A severe cyclone passed over Halifax, Nova Scotia, wreaking the town and shipping. Tho damage is estimated at £12,01/o.—Collins, a jockey, was thrown and severely injured to-day whim schooling Takapau, the New Zealand jumper, over hurdles.