YESTERDAY’S CABLE.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 8132, 16 January 1895, Page 1

YESTERDAY’S CABLE.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN. Per Electric Telegraph—Copyright. Per Press Association. OBITUARY. London, January 14. The death is announced of Mr J. R. Seeley, M.A., in his 61st year. THE MAIL CONTRACTS. The silence of the colonial Governments relative to the extension of the mail contracts until 1898, is said to inconvenience the Postal Committee. If the colonies refuse extension the Post-master-General is almost certain to invite tenders for a two years’ contract only. FLOODING OF A COLLIERY. The sudden inrush of water in the Giglake colliery in Audley, Staffordshire, entombed 250 miners, 140 of whom were rescued. Of the remaining men eighty will probably be saved if they were able to seek refuge in the upper reaches of the mine. Pumping is proceeding. NEW ZEALAND FINANCE. The Times declares that profound distrust is felt in New Zealand finance, and that it is considered that its experimental character throws a heavy increase on the State liability. NEWFOUNDLAND. St. Johns,' January 15. The proposal for federation with Canada is gaining favoun in Newfoundland. RESIGNATION OF THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT. Paris, January 14. The resignation of M. Barthon, Minister of Public Works, caused an animated scene in the Chamber of Deputies, and by a majority of twenty-two, the Chamber carried a motion of censure on M. Dupy, the President, and the Minister of the Interior, for not protecting the State against the aggression of railway companies. The Government have resigned. TRIAL FOR POISONING. Brussels, January 14. The trial of Jounix created a great sensation. The attitude of the Judge has aroused much sympathy for the accused, whose self-possession has been wonderful. The autopsy showed that Alfred Ablay was poisoned, but there were no traces of poison in the bodies of accused’s, sister and uncle though the cause of their death as certified to was not true. Special to the Press Association. MORTAR REGIMENTS. St. Petersburg, January 14. ■-The Russian Government are forming seven nun-tar regiments, for the purpose of firing heavy shrapnels by means'of very powerful explosives. The regiments will be stalioned at Odessa, Kieff, St. Petersburg, Warsaw, and three other centres. THE SOCIALIST DEPUTIES. Paris, January 14, Owing to the refusal of the Chamber to vote Richards’ release, the Socialist deputies have issued a manifesto violently attacking the President and Ministry. They accuse the Government of.obtaining votes unlawfully. Rouet, a Socialist deputy, has been expelled from the Chamber for asserting that honest voting ,was no longerpossible. ARMENIA. It is reported that the Turkish Government are contemplating the appointment of a military police in Armenia composed equally of Christians and Moslems. A Moslem Governor is to be appointed, for three years, and then a Christian for a. similar period. THE FRENCH SOCIALISTS. The Times' Paris correspondent says that there is a, mystery surrounding the actions of the Socialists, which may be dispelled only by an unforeseen conflagration. MOROCCO. London, January 14. It is reported that the Sultan of Morocco, finding himself unable to retain his Kingdom, has appealed to England to establish a protectorate over the country. HIGH TREASON. Belgrade, January 14. Tauschanine, formerly a Minister in the Servian Government, and four other political leaders, have been sentenced to three years’imprisonment for participation in a plot to dethrone the King.