Belayed Cables.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 7136, 19 November 1894, Page 3

Belayed Cables.

London, Nov. 14.— Lord Brassey, referring to " Colonial Expansion " in a paper read before the Royal Colonial Institute, ■aid that personally he should feel ashamed if Great Britain did not handsomely assist Mr Haddart's steamers. Miss Shaw, who also read a paper on the subject, urged that the Pacific cable and Mr Huddarfs line should be encouraged, She said she foresaw the day when intercolonial shipping would be scarcely less numerous than the British ■hips trading to the colonies. The Duke of York has been elected a vice-president of the Institute. — The Oamaru bondholders resent Mr Ward's suggestion that a sinking fund should be formed before the Government give a guarantee, and are sending him & memorial on the subject.— A young man named Roddy became insane while praying in the Dundalk Cathedral, and stabbed a i woman with a knife in a most horrible | jnanner. She was found lying in a pool of j bTood in the nave, and i 3 in a very precarious j condition.— The butter salesmen propose to quote only the choicest brands. They expect that prices will be increased on Saturday, the demand having improved. - The brokers expect that the Tasmanian loan of a million ftt 3| per cent, will shortly be iatued. Nov. 15.— 1n the course of his Glasgow speech the Prime Mirister said the anxiety of the House of Lords during last session to discuss social questions seemed like a deathbed repentance. The next elections would scotch them or give them new life. He declined to take part in any attempt to abolish an Upper House, but he desired to re-adjust the relations between the House of Lords and the popular Chamber.— Mr Balfour, speaking at Sunderland, said the destruction of the House of Lords meant that the Democracy would enter upon a perilous path. He believed the native instinct of the British people would prevent so dangerous a course being taken.— China desires to treat with Japan for peace.— A severe hurricane in the Channel has wrecked a number of coasting vessels, with considerable loss of life. Floods in the south-west countie« of England have caused »n immense amount of damage.— A deputation waited on the Home Secretary yesterday and asked him to suppress the massage fetuses which have been established in I^ondon. It was asserted by the speakers of the deputation, amongst other things, that masseurs send circulars to members of clubs, practically invitine them to immorality. The deputation urged that it was desirable to quietly suppress these institutions with as little publicity as possible. Mr Asquith replied that the police were not the guardians at morality, and that no evidence had been adduced to show that there had been any breach of the law.— The Times says the conference projected by the Pope for the purpose of uniting the Roman and Greek Catholic churches completely failed, owing to the hostility of the Eastern Church to the idea.— Admiral Symonds is dead. [Sir Thomas M. C. Symouds, G.C.8., Admiral of the Fleet, was born in 1811, and educated at the Royal Naval College, Portsmouth. He served in the Black Sea during the Crimean war, and was captain of H.M.S. Arethusa at the bombardment of Sebastopol in 1854. From 1868 to 1870 he was Commander-in-Chief of the Channel Squadron.]— The Times considers the appointment of the Russian Chancellor will be favorably received by tae whole of St. Petersburg, Nov. 15.— The Czar Kicobtf 1« appointing Prince Labanoff to the Imperial Chancellorship, which has been vacant since Prince Gortschakoffs death. — It is reported that General Gourko, Governor of Warsaw, intends to resign the Polish command, owing to a disagreement with the Emperor Nicolas.