YESTERDAY’S CABLE.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 8204, 9 April 1895, Page 1

YESTERDAY’S CABLE.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN. Per Electric Telegraph—Copyright. Per Press Association. PERSONAL. London, April 8. Lord William Berdfeford is betrothed to the Duchess of Marlborough. JABEZ BALFOUR. Buenos Ayres, April 8. Jabez Balfour has sailed for England in custody to answer the charges in connection with the Liberator Building Society and other institutions with which he was connected. Special to Press Association. London, April 6. The warrant for the arrest of Oscar Wilde was issued at the instance of the Treasury, Although Wilde’s name has been removed from the playbills, the companies continue to play his pieces for the present. Wilde, in his letter to the press explaining his reason for abandoning his case, states that he is willing to bear the ignominy in order.to avoid calling Lord Douglas to give evidence against his father, but he says that the son was eager and quite willing to enter the box. PERSONAL. ■Lord Lytton sailed by the Orotava for Australia. THE IRISH LAND BILL. The Eight Hon. A. J. Balfour declares that the Irish Land Bill is destined to ferment perpetual disorder in Ireland. THE FRENCH PRESS. April 7. ; The Paris correspondent of the Times suggests that, in view of the attacks in the press, England should provide her Embassies with funds in order to enable them to exert influence in the same way that France dnd other nations do.

EGYPT. Lord Cromer reports , that the fall in the prices of produce has cost Egypt 53,000,000 per annum for the last twelve .years, and cheeked the wave of prosperity that set in with English occupa, tion. The surplus for 1895 is estimated at £660,000, INCOME TAX. Washington, April 6. ■■ , In reply to the application of President Cleveland, the Supreme Court holds that the Constitution prevents the levying of an income tax. A FOOLISH SENATOR. April 7. ; Senator Frye said that the Republicans of America must not allow others to intervene in Hawaii, Samoa and Pago Pago. When Canada was ready tojointhe Union, America would promptly seize it even if England declared war. FRANCE AND ENGLAND. Paris, April 7. M. Hanotaux said that France, desiring to maintain the rights of the Sultan and the Khedive, asked Britain to define her precise claims on the Upper Nile. Instead of using the phrase ‘‘Egyptian and British spheres,” they must say where Egypt ends. France ivould not assent to unknown conditions. Upon receiving his demand, England immediately stopped negotiations. Annexation on the Upper Nile, so far as England was concerned, was merely on paper, and her agreement with Zanzibar infringed French rights. France would not permit the Royal Niger Company to monopolise the country and ■coerce outsiders. CENTRAL AMERICA.' N k v,- York, April 7. j Reports liave beim p c dished here to jthe cited that Nicaragua is secretly (urging the (.Vnvai American Republics ito form an alliance against Great (Britain.

j THE SOUTH AFRICA COMPANY. ■ Capetown, April 7. Mr Rhodes considers that with the in‘crease of the white population in Rho- ! desia, the South Africa Company will soon have to face the demand for self-govern-ment or federation with the Cape, OBITUARY. St. Petersburg, April 7. M. Vistinegradsky, formerly Minister of Finance.