THIS MORNING'S CABLES

Southland Times, Issue 10056, 5 January 1889, Page 2

THIS MORNING' S CABLES

BSITISS AND FOREIGN

[Unit-cd Pbbss .Association ' — By SmsoTBKJ TaLEGBAPP, --'J-.i.'T al^aT.J LONDON, Jan. 3. Received 4th, 11.15 p.m. Rates of freight by sailing ah'ps aro { unaltered. Vessels are very scarce. j It is rumoured that Princess Louise of ' Wttas is engaged to Lord/ Fife. It is expected that tha Committee of National Defence . will recommend the immediate const, uction of many ironclads and fast cruisers for the purpose of bringing the nsvy to adequate strength. Following are latest quotatiena for frozen meat :— Australian muttony 3f i to 4d; beef, 3£i to 4d. • v, • „.-, It is reported that it is intended to divide tbe See of Rochester, Dr Barry, ex Bishop of Sydney, receiving a new bishopric to be known as the dioceße of Southwark. The Maori football team beat Leeds Parish Church Club by two goals to three tries. Tbe imports of Australian wines into E gland during 1888 ware 70.000 gallons in excess of tbe quantity imported in tbe previous year. ,'',-.• ;•■; ': :.. Jan.; 4. Money is declining owing to abundant, surplus. " The to'al reserve in the Bank of England'is Ll 1,086,000, ; being a decrease on the previous .-, week of L 536.000, The proportion of' reserve to liabilities is 30 per cent. (40 per cent. ?) , Received sth, 1.10 a. m. Arrived— Barque Abbey Holm, from Lyttelton (August 16) ; *h>p CnmHer, from Auckland (October 11) : ship Kooringa, from Lyttelton (September 28). General Grenfell his left Sut-kim with a portion of the British troops, but before leaving he stated that a garrison/ of 3000 men would always be maintained in the town, WASHINGTON, Jan. 5. •Received 4th, 11.15 p.m. A member named Springer has introv duced a bill into Congress extending tbe Presidential term of office from four to six years, bat making a once chosen President ineligible for re-election. SUAKIM, Jan. 4 Received 4th, 11.15 p.m. .^ An Egyptian soldier who left Khartoum on Ist November states that Emm was the White Pasha who defeated 6000 Darvisbee on the Bihr»ol-Gh»zel. PARIS. Jan. 3. Received 4th, 1.1. 15 p.m. General Boulanger haa issued an address to tho electors of Paris in which he protests his fidelity to the R public, and repudiates any design to make himself Dictator. BELGRADE, Jan. 4. Recei ved stn, 1.10 a.m. The King of Serviabas granted a general amnesty aod dissolved the Skuptschina. [SPECIAL] , , , '■'' LONDON,- J an. 3. Received 4th, 8.31 p.m. , i Mr Dunn, sugar expert, states that last 1 " year's prices; were the highest averaged for five year's past. H<» asserts that tbe bounties system will ruin the colonial sugar industry. .■ •■'-'■ f ; - ; Messrs Bunton, Ronald and -Go,, wool brokers, report tbat the prosper .for 1889 indicate a steady snpply and firm, prices. ■.■■-.;.■ ' Mr E. Stanhope, in a If tier to the press, says, the Imperial •■Go.'f*! ei.ee *a* unaat-; mous as to the necessity' of unity npon defence and other qustihs of lika import which are rapidly ripeniog. Mr Gladstone modifies bia recent utterances with regarl to the temporal /-status of the Pope. He stateß that be it not desirous of seeing the temporal power restored, but is anxious that tho Papal prestige-should be maintained, " ; The tenants who Wuie beeeiged on- Sir ,W.m. t olipherl's estate held, out Give hours against the -joldiers and police before they were induced to surrender. Jan. 4. ■- : ■-'-■■■ Received 4th, 11.15 p.;m; A lad named Stevenson^ 19 ..years of agf, stabbed a Glasgow prostitute in the neckand abdomen. The ;: was not killed, but is in a precarious oondition. The culprit was remanded, He admitted

thai?* desire to imitate "Jick the Ripper" had induced bim to commit tho crime. Received sth, 1.30 a.m. T uman, H^nbnry,' " Buxton, and, Co., 'brewart^baveoonver;evl their bnsinees into. a eoti«| any with a capital of; 2£ millions,.:^' " . -,# ASHING fON^AN^' ' Received 4th, 8.31 p.m. Savon negro HMvants of Colonel Paxton, o:f*Arool»y 'lHidOw^ptot-fe* tog?th^F«ftf i rob ? the house an! then burn it down. The better to carry out th»ir purpos* they' drugged rot- mrv'iß of the household by tampering "with thiir "cciffae; but tbe^ soporific proved' ineffective and in some instances the victims awok<\ . The result was that the criminals were, all capturedI and it. is fj]Jly.^expect6d^.'they:- :r .w|il be ! lynched." "~ „''"r/',;fv ■'/•'■- ... y "'T f ~7J-&:L v Received 4th', 11.15 p.m.. ... The. National Board of Trade, has petitioned Congress to en^pend tbe operations of tbe mint at present to relieve tbe glut of coin in the country, ... j BAKU, Jan. 4. i Beceived 4th, 11.15 p.m. ■ A train on the Tiflis railway, sooth of the Caucasus, has been snowed np. "Fourteen psssengers "are reported" to be dead and 30 dying,, aad- 200 peotde in all are in imminent danger of being frozen, to death unless rescued immediately. . • Received sth, 1.50 a.m. . . M. Vaissier, of Nice, haa invented a gun which can -fire 3000 Bho's in ten minutes. BERLIN, Jan. 4, Beceived 4th, 11.15 p.m. Dr Peters replaces Lieutenant Wiseman Ja command of the German expedition to "s jarch for Stanley aod Ernia Bey. -" \ ' zanzcbar; jan/3; Received 4th, ; 8. 31 p.m. , Heavy fighting between tbe Germans and Arabs Of the mainland is repeated. SINGAPORE, Jai*. 31 / „;.,., Received. 4th,, 8.31 p.m. /.Tbe British Borneo Company has been forced to take up aruiH ag.inst some of tbe natives of their territory and an encounter has taken place, but no details are to hand. .« : .; ;. - -^W rORK, Jan 4; Received sth, 1.30 a.m.' __ Kilrain .baa accep:td a ciinilbn^e from J. L.Shliivan to 'fight in a 24 feet ring for 10,000 dollars a site and the championship . of theworld.