NEWS BY CABLE

Southland Times, Issue 13428, 14 April 1896, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE

British and Foreign

THE LASCAR SEAMAN

SMALLPOX IN ENGLAND.

THE IRISH LAND BILL

CROPPING ON HALVES IN NEW

SOUTH WALES,

SINGULAR DUST STORM

A SHARP ENCOUNTER

THE DEFENCE OF SUAKIM

A REAL DUMMYING TRANSACTION.

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LONDON, April 12.

In the House of Commons, Mr Hanbury, Secretary to the Treasury, replying to the remarks of Mr John Burns, made by tho latter at the instance of Australasian Labour Unions on the subject of the employment of coloured labour on Australian mail steamers, said it would be unfair to exclude Lascars from such work. The question of applying to the House to fix a fair rate of wages on subsidised ateamers would require very careful consideration at the hands of the Government. — Sir Thomaa Sutherland, chairman of the P. and 0. S.N. Company, stated that Laacars were more efficient in the tropica aud thit mixed crews were really dearer than crews composed aolely of Euro-

peans,

Obituary — M. Tricoupis, formerly Premier of Greece.

There ia brisk competition for .sheepskinii, prices ruling at from par to a farthing ad-

vance

Ebor, the property of Mr Gollan of New Zealand, won the great Staffordshire Steeplechase.

Owing to the prevalence of smallpox in the district, the Gloucester races and other sports have been stopped.

The Rev. Mr Walters (probably a Unitarian minister of that name) has been stopped by the Lord Chamberlain from performing a play called " Joseph of Canaan," on account of the Biblical origin of its plot.

An Irish Land Bill will ba introduced into the House of Commons on Monday. The Standard states that giving power to occupying tenants to purchasejtheir holdings will be its chief principle.

The Kaiser and King Humbert, 'of Italy, had a most cordial meeting. Geneial Weyler, commandant of tbe Spanish forces in Cuba, requests, the despatch to him of 5000 cavalry. Fortification at Buluwayo is proceeding and a military survey of the surrounding hills is proceeding.

It is officially stated that an Italian "gorri son will remain at Kassala.

April 13

Received, 14th, 1 a.m,

Lieut. Brand's column was relieved and was proceeding to Gwanda when a force of 1500 Matabele attacked the column. Desperate fighting ensued, the Matabele vainly trying to silence the Maxims, bub were shot down in large numbers and lost 650 men. Two impis are eating cattle and performing war dances within twelve miles of Buluwayo. The newspapers urge the despatch of regular troops to the scene of the rising as it is feared that Sir H. Robunon's optimism will lead to disaster. There are 800 Martini-Henry rifles and three-quarter of a million cartridges at Mafeking and 333 Lee-Metford rifles and 50,000 cartridges at Kimberley. Reinforcements aro pushing on to Maclousie.

The friendly Arab tribes have been victorious in frequent skirmishes near Suv kim.

The Dervishes have fled across the Albara with the Italians in pursuit.