SATURDAY'S CABLES British and Foreign

Southland Times, Issue 11952, 25 January 1892, Page 2

SATURDAY'S CABLES British and Foreign

LONDON, Jan. 22. The s.B. Arawa was quarantined for a day off Spithead. The members of tho crow who were attacked by yellow fever have recovered. The passengers were not atl'ected. A fireman and a steward died. Obituary— Professor Adams, the astronomer. Consignees fear that many of the wool ships will bo detained by the head winds now prevailing, and so mis', the sales. The Standard urges that a Royal Commission should be appointed to inquire into the origin and proper treatment of influenz-i. The complaint is virulent at Capetown. The deaths in Paris have increased by 800 weekly, and the mortality is increasiug in severity in England. Smithers, the defaulting River Plate Rank director, has been sentened to four years' penal servitude. The engineers of Sunderland threaten to strike for a reduction in the hours of labour. The Corporation of London will place a memorial window to Prince Albert Victor in the Guildhall, At the Antwerp wool sales .500 bales of Riv.r Plate and 600 of Australian were offered. Of the former 1200 bales were sold at a farthing lower than the previous sale's I prices. Tho sale was fairly spirited. The small arrivals at London are expected to | cause a maintenance of the prices ruling at | the November series.

PAKIS, Jan. 22. 1 France has accepted the Bulgarian note, I withdrawing the order for the expulsion of a t French journalist, and is resuming amicable t relations. i ROME, Jan. 22. , The Pope has been suffering from an affection of the throat. ST. PETERSBURG, Jas. 22. The directors of the Warsaw railway, and Government officials are in secret conclave arranging for the mobilisation of troops to expedite the transfer of Poles eastward. The medical students at the University of Kieff have been ordered to enlist in the army. It is stated that a Northern Customs League, embracing Russia, is being formed. Some railway officials have been arrested at Moscow charged with aiding Nihilists to place the mine which was discovered under a railway line,and connected with an electrical wire into a wood, after the Czar's recent journey. WASHINGTON, Jan. 22. Mr Stringer, chairman of the Tariff Committee, has introduced into the House of Representatives a bill repealing the wool duties as from January next.