YESTERDAY'S CABLE

Southland Times, Issue 9971, 20 September 1888, Page 2

YESTERDAY'S CABLE

[United Paess Association— By Euro TBIO TiLKGBArH — OOP'/BJGHT.] LONDON, Sept. 17. The lawyers are protesting against the clause in the Trustees' Bill permitting the investment of trust i'unda in colonial stooke. Mr Dillon will be required to give bail, himself in LIOOO, before being released from pricon for the purpose of giving evidence as to' the ehergau sad allegations hefora fcbf) Uommissipn. "T&'e Presfgener—Wiees the attitude adopted by Sjlr ally eu^o • - — *Kmiaary proJames Hannen at tne pi... ceedings. The Times makes no commenc. The Daily News claims that the decision ;of the CojKtaif sioa requiring T.hj Times tp :

open the case and produce documents yin- 1 dioates the contention the Liberals have made all along. Sept. 18. The South of England team in their first innings scored 174, and will have to follow on. '. The ; wool sales opened to-day, when 10,000 bales were offered, but the wool was of an inferior selection .one-third coming from New South Wales, and onefifth from the Cape. ' The attendance waß large, and biddings were regular. Good merino shows a higher tendency. Faulty sorts are weaker. Crossbreds underwent no change. Tbe total amount available for the present series is 230,000 bale*. WASHINGTON, Sept. 17. Senator Sherman's proposition to promote an amicable settlement of existing difficulties between the United States and Canada in said to have been brought forward witb a view to tbe ultimate absorption of Canada by the States. The Senate rejected Senator Blame's motion to annul tbe Chinese Exclusion Bill, if the treaty were ratified. BERLIN, Sept. 17. Prince Bismarck is reported to be desirous of resigning. It is thought he will not give up all his offices at once, but will retire from public life gradually. SOFIA, Sept. 17. An attempt was made to-day to shoot M. Nalchivitcb, Bulgarian Minister of Finance, at Giurgovo. The Minister escaped unharmed. MELBOURNE, Sept. 19. Sailed, yesterday — Mararoa, for the Bluff. Mr Gillies announced in the House yesterday that the Government would abandon the Budget propoeals ; pass the Eleotoral Bill and appeal to the country. ADELAIDE, Sept. 19. The Assembly has fixed the limit of Chinese immigration at one Chinaman for every 250 tons of shipping. SYDNEY, Sept. 19. To-di»y very little work was done on the training grounds. AH the horses were out, but were treated to easy work only, The following is tho latest betting ; — Metropolitan Stakes : Touchstone, Lamond, and Abercorn, Bto 1 ; Cardigan and Blarney, 10 to 1 ; others unaltered. Lnmond has been backed to win the Caulfield Cup for LIO,OOO at 100 to 4 and 100 to 5. A serious riot took place at New Lambton mine, Newcastle, yesterday. A number of labourers who had been engaged to pat out coal were rushed by a mob of some thousand miners armed with sticks. The police attempted to protect the men, but weie powerless against such numbers, and violence was only prevented by the surrender of the labourers, who undertook to refrain from doing any more work. A force of Permanent Artillery, under Colonel Spalding, with a Nordenf sldt gun, waa despatched to the scene from Sydney, but the men had dispersed before their arrival. BRISBANE, Sept. 19. Brown and Co. are insured in the following New Zealand offices : — Standard, L 2500 ; South British and Colonial, L2OOO each ; New Zealand, L4OOO ; and National, L 2500. Barker and Oo.'s slock waa insured in the New Zaaland office for L3OOO. The barque Wave Queen and the ship Cormorant, which were lying at an adjacent wharf, were injured, but not seriously, by tbe fire.