CABLEGRAMS.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 4, Issue 39, 23 May 1893, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

London, May 18. British anti-slavers are protesting against slavery in Tangier, where girls are sold for £lo' each. ■ Sir John Lubbock, addressing the Imperial Federation League on the recent changes, said he thought it was in favour of union, but amounted io a revolution. The first step had beenu gained, and the next would be an attack on the Empire, not probably on Great Britain, but possibly on the colonies and India. Mr Edward Stanhope said there had been a striking improvement in the prospects of union* during the last 25 years, and he hoped a Zollverein would be established. T Lord Onslow has been elected chair- - man of the committee appointed, to • report on the question of marking colonial produce. Debentures are quoted as follows:—; ? Australian and New Zealand Mortgage I Company 4A, .£97/10/-; Dalgety and, • Company 4£, £115; New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Com- : pany 4, £9l. Andrew King & Co., Australian merchants, have called a meeting of : their creditors. The firm propose voluntary liquidation. , May 19. Mr Gladstone, referring to the Home Rule Bill, states that to increase a majority after repeated attacks is : without precedent, and that he is . greatly encouraged thereby. New York, May 18. The number of visitors to the Chicago Exhibition is decreasing, and ' the Fair is not paying working expenses. Berlin, May 19. During the ceremony of unveiling a statue to-day, the Emperor appealed ’ to the couptry to pass the Army Bill, rs the very existance of the Fatherland depended thereupon, and. he was determined to maintain the Empire intact. Socialists are contesting 208 out of ! 397 seats in the Reichstag. Paris, May 19. By a fire in Bordeaux, 400,000 bottles of claret have been destroyed. The damage is estimated at £75,000.