NEWS BY CABLE

Southland Times, Issue 13280, 5 August 1895, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE

British and Foreign . ~ ..U [United Press Association— By Electric Telegraph—Copyright] : " . LONDON, Aug. 2. In the Cape Assembly a section of members indignantly discussed the proposal of the Secretary for the Colonies (Hon. Joseph Chamberlain) for imposing conditions in regard to British trade in Bechuanaland on the ground that it would interfere with the freedom of the colony, and challenged Mr Chamberlain to attempt to force similar conditions in regard to Australia. It is semi-officially reported from St. Petersburg that Russia adheres to the Berlin treaty, .and will not hold any relations with Bulgaria while Prince Ferdinand illegally retains the title of ruler. Russia will only recognise him when the Sobranje elects him to the office. The Sultan and the Powers approve of this course. The Vienna News says that* this means the ejection of Prince Ferdinand.

Professor Sybel states that in the East End of London the death rate has increased to 39 per thousand owing to the neglect of the inhabitants in the matter of vaccination. He states that the drinking of polluted and insufficient water had- aggravated the outbreak of small-pox. Of the s.s. Gulf of Siam’s shipment of cattle from Sydney, ten head have been sold at s£d to 5Jd per lb. Experts state that the horses are soft, and were therefore unable to endure the tropical heat. They are pleased with the quality of the cattle. The committee of the City of Melbourne Bank will submit a revised scheme of reconstruction on Tuesday. It provides that the British depositors should elect three new directors on the Melbourne Board and that Australian shareholders and depositors should elect two. The British depositors are also to elect a committee of advice. The directors are to be authorised when advisable to realise assets.

After a prolonged inquiry Mr McKenzie reports oh behalf of the Anti-Slavery Society that 60,000 souls are sacrificed yearly in Central Africa to supply Zanzibar and Arabia with slaves.

The Goodwood Cup was won by Florizel, Thessalian, 2. At the Geographical Congress Mr David Lindsay read a paper on “ Unexplored Australia.” He said he believed an expedition to Central Australia and along the western watershed would xepay the cost. Aug. 3. Received 4th, 6.20 p.m. Cholera is prevalent in Southern Russia, and upwards of 100 deaths have been recorded. M. Matakoff, an intimate friend of M. Stamboloff, has been murdered in Eastern Roumelia. The Turkish Government has decided to apply its own Armenian scheme ot reform to the whole of the Empire. Reports have reached Shanghai of a great massacre of Christians at Kuching. The forests on Beaver Island, in the north part of Lake Michigan, have been destroyed by fire, and hundreds of lives have been lost. The Imperial Government will abandon the Chitral country west of Ganjakora, but 7000 troops will hold the route from Peshawar through to Dir pending a final settlement. A colliery near Ardrossan, Scot’and, has been flooded and 14 miners drowned. A committee, with Judges Vaughan and Williams as members, require an amendment in limited company laws, and recommend that a statement should be made of the minimum amount on which directors get allotment of shares, the name of the real vendor, also the real amount or the purchase money. Aug. 4. Received sth, 0.45 a.m. The prospectus of the Taitapu Gold Company, New Zealand, has been issued with a capital of L 175,000. Shares amounting to L 125,000 are offered to the public and this sum has been subscribed. The steamer Echuca, from Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney has arrived at Suez with only eight head of cattle alive; owing to the heat the others died while some refused to eat. The sheep arrived well. Foo Chow reports that among the Christians massacred at Kuching were five female missionaries, who were first outraged. The United States Consul in Shanghai confirms the reports and alleges that the Chinese officials connived at the outrage. Prince Ferdinand is at present at Carlsbad, and a section of the Bulgarian press declares that he is afraid to return to Sofia. Since M. Stamboloff designed last year Ferdinand has received 500 threatening letters. It is believed that the country is on the eve of revolt. [SPECIAL.] LONDON, Aug. 3. Received sth, 1.30 a.m. Sir Frederick Napier Broome is mentioned as likely to succeed SirH. Norman as Gov. ernor of Queens'and. Goldsborough, Mort and Co.’s Committee proposed that unpaid calls should carry 4 per cent, instead of 8 per cent. Mr Alex. Young considers that the company may rely on an income of LlOO,OOO yearly. The committee of the City of Melbourne Bank recommend the depositors to adopt the amended scheme submitted to the meeting on July 6th. It is reported that the Hon. J. Chamberlain is moving for the appointment of a committee to consider the construction of a Pacific cable. Mr Chamberlain, addressing a meeting in Birmingham, said the Conservative and Unionists alliance was founded at a time of national danger and that the recent political crisis had cemented it. Through a decade, by mutual sacrifice and common action they bad resisted the foes of Union and their election had confirmed this in a way unequalled in the history of coalitions The Constantinople correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette states that it is currently reported there that the Khedive has presented the Sultan with half a million sterling in order to enlist the sympathy of Turkey in the Egyptian question. Baron Dhanis, the military commander in the Congo, states that Great Britain and France combined could easily dislodge the Mahdi and free the European prisoners he now has. Australian SYDNEY, Aug. 3. Carbonic acid gas is being forced in Block Eleven mine at the rate of seven and a half million cubic feet a day. So far it has had no appreciable effect as the smoke is undiminished. The fire is close to the richest of one of the sources of the Proprietary Mine, and is cutting off supplies of oxidized ore and causing serious inconvenience. All the men have been withdrawn since the use of the deadly gas. Aug. 4. Received 4th, 6.20 p.m. Messrs Crick and Meagher, members of Parliament and counsel for the defence in the Dean case, are suing the Premier for L2OOO damages for an alleged libel contained in a speech made at Newcastle referring to their connection with the case. Received sth, 0.45 a.m. At the Broken Hill mine the floor of the quarry continues to settle, and there is but little diminution of the smoke. The carbonic acid gas has evidently had little effect yet. BRISBANE, Aug. 3.

In the Assembly a motion to fix the sa’ary of future governors was rejected. The Gov, ernment considered it an insult and an interference with constitutional principles. MELBOURNE, Aug. 3.

In the Assembly the Labour members raised a question on the new produce export contracts, urging the Government not to entertain the tender of the P. and O. S.N. Company while they continue to employ cheap black labour. The farmers, they said, were opposed to having their produce carried by black labour to the exclusion of white. The Premier promised that the matter would receive careful consideration before tenders were accepted. The Government have been advised by the Agent-General that no tenders have been

received in London for the frozen produce export contracts nor have any been received in Melbourne. The reason given is that a weekly service is required in the summer months and only the P. and O. Companies can furnish this, and they consider the conditions of the contract unsatisfactory. They have written to the Premier stating that they are willing to enter into a contract, and he is. considering their proposals. Lund’s and the Aberdeen line can only furnish a fortnightly service. ”' ’ ■ The mining companies are making a determined stand against the payment of gold royalties claimed when mining on private lands. By a bill passed in 1884, a term of 11 years was fixed, in which all existing mining agreements should terminate. The term ended on July 31st. As a protest against royalties, and to test the question the Madame Berry West Company stopped work yesterday under legal advice. The official decision of the Government has been asked for, and is awaited with great interest, a majority of the companies being in open rebellion against further subsidising landholders in the shape of the produce of the miners.

The departmental report on the village settlements states that during their two years' existence L 36,000 had been expended in establishing and developing them. The operations of colonies on the individual system had been fairly successful, but very few societies or associations worked harmoniously, and many had disbanded, while those still in existence in almost every case were working on individual lines. The causes which led to the non-suecess of the settlements was that large numbers of men had been placed on the land who were totally unfitted for the work; that the land was poor, and that in some cases where it was good it was in such localities that there was no hope of getting (.outside labour or a market for produce. Aug. 4. Received 4th, 6.20 p.m. At the V.A.T.C. winter meeting at Caulfield yesterday the principal event—the Grand National Hurdles—resulted as follows:—Rosestem (Brewer), 1; Favor (McClatchie), 2 ; Ripple (Robertson), 3. Twelve started. Betting—3 io 1 against Rosestem and Bischoff, 8 to 1 Syllabus and Gratiano, 10 to 1 Ripple, 10 to 1 Favor. On the fall of the flag Sylvan Prince and Gratiano were in the van, and the pair carried on the running for the greater part of the journey, but on rounding the turn for home Favor rushed to the front and led Ripple and Rosestem over the last obstacle. From this out a ding dong race ensued and Rosestem, cutting down Ripple, challenged the leader, and gradually catching him just managed to squeeze home by a neck, Ripple pulling up ten lengths away. Time, 4 min. 28J secs. In connection with the Abrahams case Wm. Sewell, who was acting as Sheriff’s custodian of the property, was arrested on a charge of stealing from the stock. When the case was called in court it was announced that he had committed suicide that morning by shooting himself with a revolver. ADELAIDE, Aug. 3. Severe earthquake shocks have occurred in several places in the northern districts. Houses send furniture rocked, and at Bagot’s Well, a township 54 miles north of Adelaide, a house was badly damaged.