NEWS BY CABLE.

Southland Times, Issue 13502, 20 July 1896, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

British and Foreign INDIA’S SHARE IN THE EMPIIRE. ANOTHER ARMENIAN MASSACRE REPORTED. I HOT WORK IN CRETE. j ADVERSE CRITICISM OF OUR FIRE • INSURANCE PROPOSALS. iCELEBRATED CYCLE WORKS DE- | STROYED. j WOOL WINDING UP STRONG. [United Press Association —By Electric TeLKGRAPH COPYRIGHT.] I ~LONDON, July 17." The House of Lords, by a majority of ■ 172, has approved of the decision of the ! Government requiring the Indian authorities 1 to pay the expenses of the troops they | voluntarily dispatched to Suakim to assist in the Soudan campaign. Lord Salisbuiy, speaking to the question, said the defence of tho entire western littoral of the Red Sea concerned India. It is reported that 400 Armenians have been massacred at Egin and the city pillaged. Since the meeting of the Cretan Assembly it i« regarded as impossible to secure any satisfactory settlement in tho meantime, owing to the resumption of hostilities. Desperate fighting hos taken place at Kalyves and frequent skirmishes are reported from elsewhere. The Turkish soldiery are now trying to cut the lines of the Christians. The Second Chamber of the Transvaal Volksraad has passed a bill prohibiting the sale of liquor to natives. Obituary—Edmond Louis Antoine Huot de Goncourt, French novelist and dramatist. The Humber cycle works at Coventry have been destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at LlOO,OOO. Received 19tb, 6.30 p.m.

At Sandown meeting the Eclipse Stakes were won by St. Frusquin; Regret, 2 ; Troon, 3. At the wool sales the selection was only medium but the competition was the strongest of the series and at the highest rates. Tho New York Tribune states that a treaty providing for arbitration in disputes be: ween Great Britain and tho United States will be presented to Congress in a few days. It provides for the appointment of ten commissioners, and the difficulty with Venezuela is to be included in its provisons. The hostility of the Turks having rendered tho meeting of the Cretan Assembly impossible the Christian deputies have submitted their demands. Australian SYDNEY, July 18. The body of George Morgan, a deputy sheriff, was found in the Domain with a bullet through the head. There is every indication that the case is one of suicide. Under the Justice Department reorganisation Morgan was appointed deputy sheriff in addition to the office of chief clerk, at an increased salary. This entailed more work, otherwise there was no reason for his act. The Telegraph commenting on the New Zealand Government’s compulsory fire insurance scheme says :—“ The whole plan is mistaken in conception and wrong in design. It will be oppressive, unfair and immoral in its operation, and grossly unfair to companies which have established themselves with the explicit sanction of the Government.” MELBOURNE, July IS. The Secretary to the Commercial Travellers’ Association has received a reply from Premier Seddon holding out no hops of a reduction of the tax imposed on •ommercial travellers from abroad in New Zealand. BRISBANE, July 18. The Attorney-General presided at a large meeting of Irishmen who adopted a resolution approving of the forthcoming Dublin Home Rule Convention, and hoping that every effort will be made to promote united action of the whole party for the attainment of a great principle. ALBANY, J uly 18. The French mail steamer Australiea has arrived with a case of smallpox aboard. The patient is a fireman and the disease is in a mild form. Local passengers and visitors have been quarantined. NEWCASTLE, July 19. Received 20th, 1 a.m. A meeting of 3000 miners carried a resolution in favour of legalising compulsory arbitration.