CABLEGRAMS.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 302, 26 September 1888, Page 4

CABLEGRAMS.

London, September 18. Sir Saul Samuel, Agent- General for New South Wales, will accompany Sir Dillon Bell on his proposed visit to Frieburg for the purpose of further inspecting the treatment of refractory ores, as practised at the smelting works of that city. The AgentsGeneral will be accompanied by Mr W. C. Roberts Austen, TT.R.S., chemist and assayer at the Royal Mint, who will make a report for transmission to the colonial Governments interested in the subject.

London, September 19. " Truth " states that Sir Henry Drum mond Wolff, British Ambassador at Berlin, will probably succeed Lord Carrington as Governor of New South Wales.

London, September 19. Coal is being shipped from English ports to Adelaide.

London, September 20. A riot took place among the Irish labourers at Glasgow Docks, and brutal and ferocious lighting occurred. The police, who attempted to quell the disturbance, were completely overwhelmed. The riot continued till the rioters were thoroughly ex- ' hausted. A large number of arrests have since been made, and forty-two of the ringleaders have been sentenced to various terms of imprisonment.

London, September 20. A cheat Conference of Liberal-Unionists is being held at Bradford. Lord Harbington was nofc ablo to attend, but wrote sympathising with the principles of the party, and expressing the opinion that the disordor and lawlessness so prevalent in Ireland was roceiving increased support at the hands of allies in England. Lord Derby, in the course of his speech, ridiculed the idea of regarding punishment for resistance to lawful authority in the light of political martyrdom. Mr Chamberlain, in addressing the Conference, declared that it was impossible to grasp Mr Gladstone's policy, and that the Unionists were not prepared to accept any scheme for local self-government in Ireland at the hands of Mr Parnell. Mr Chamberlain averred that the present evictions in Ireland were not unjust, and that resistance of tenants was merely a theatrical display. Mr Chamberlain said that the healing of the bieach between the two branches of the Liberal party would now seem to be impossible. Ho said that he coulially approved of fchcGovernment's policy in Ireland, to which | he was himself paitly answeiable, and he would not raise a finger to destroy the Government so long as the alternative was the return of Mr Gladstone to power. The Unionist, alliance was a iirm one, and he believed from the thorough understanding which prevailed, that the result would be the formation of a National Party.

London, September 20. It is reported that the Ameer oi Afghanistan is dead. The report emanates from St. Petersburg.

oxdoxN, cptcmber 19. Afc to-day's wool sales, thirteen thousand bales were sold. The lott, were a better selection than on the opening day. Australian faulty sorts showed a hardening tendency. Stocks ot hops are heavy at present.

London, September 20. jNJi (Uadstone pays a vit.iL to Birmingham shortly, tor the purpose of delivering a political addicbs. A public demonstration in hib honour is being organised by the local Libeial clubs.

London, September 21. Mr Gladstone's colleagues 'efute his statcirent that Mr Painell was released from custody in 18S2 because the Cabinet was. convinced that he was not associated with the criminal outrages in Ireland.

Loxdox, September 21. A telegiam has been received fiom San Francisco, stating that the French flag has been hoisted on the Marquesas group.

London, September 21. Extracts from the late Emperor Frederick's diaiy have been published in Berlin. From these extracts it is shown that he initiated the project of the federation of the German States against the opposition of his father and Pi 1 nee Bismarck.

London, September 21. Ten dei s are called for a municipal loan for the town of Hobait. The amount is £50,000, with 5 per cent interest, and the minimum is fixed at 108. Tenders will be opened on September 28.

London, September 20. In the cricket match Australians v. Surrey, the Australians, in their fh'3t innings, made a score of 259, to which McDonnell contributed 35, Bannerman 18, Trott 36, Bonnor 87, and Jarvis 32.

London, Septembor 20. The weekly returns of the Bank of England published to-day show the total receive ?n notes and bullion at and the piopoition of lescive to liabilities 40 per cent., heing a decrease of 000 on the lotal reserve, and a decrease of 4 per cent, in the piopoition of reserve to liabilities.

London, September 21. At to-day's wool sales, io,ooo bales \V(.-re catalogued. Scoured menrms told at from to id dearei. With the exception of New Zealand lots, locks wue weaker, greasy $4d dealer. Inlet lor scoured crossbreds have declined New Consols aie 99.

Bekltn, September 19bh. A new Steam Shipping Company has been formed lor the purpose of trading betwoen Germany and Australia, with a capital of £200,000.

Beklin, September 21. A. train conveying 1,500 so dieib was detailed near Werben, and upset. Only slight injuiies, however, were sustained by the troops.

Komk, September 19. Monsignor Pcrsico, tho Papal delegate to Ireland somo time ago, has furnished his completed report to His Holiness the Pope. After referring generally to matters prior to the Papal decree, the Monsignor states that tho lush Bishops are persistently endeavouring to pacify Iroland, and that the national agitation has losl much of its innsity.

Paris, September 21. The workmen engaged in constructing the iron tower projected by M. Eiffel to commemorate the destruction of the Bastille have struck for higher pay, owing to the unusually dangerous character of the work. The tower, which is intended to be a thousand feet high, has already reached a sufficient elevation to dwarf all surrounding objects. A general strike has taken place among the miners of the Loire district.

London, September 21. In letters which have been received from the Congo, the writers predicted the murder of Colonel Bartellot, who, they allege, treated the men under his command in an overbearing manner. They state that although there was no occasion to apprehend that supplies would run short, he placed the party on starvation allowance, while the officers were provided in wasteful abundance. At the time that the letters were despatched Colonel Bartellot's murder was daily expected. The letters also accuse Colonel Bartellot of having cruelly treated the men under his charge, wno were ill-used without the slightest provocation. Her Majesty Queen Victoria has addressed a letter to Colonel Bartellot's father, expressing her sympathy with him in the loss of his sen.

London, September 20. Riots have occurred among the troops quartered in Dublin Barracks. Several men were severely injured. A number of arrests have been made.

Paris, September 21. It has been found upon inquiry that the German gendaime who was supposed to have been muidered in the frontier town of Luarce, committed suicide,

Romi;, September 19. Bishop Strossmayer, of Djakova, has been summoned to this city. Paris, September 20. A germ.an gendarme lias been found shot dead near Luarce. a Frence frontier town. The perpetrator of the crime is as yet un known.

Hangoox, September 20. The Dacoifcs are still troublesome in Burmah. Lieut. C. D. Beevor of the Royal Engineers has been murdered and several officers and men wounded. All the outrages have apparently been committed by the same gang of Dacoits. Washington, September 19. The Foreign Affairs Committee of the Senate has referred the Retaliation Bill to a sub-committee.

Suakim' September 19. Tiik rebels in large numbers massed at Handoub, and last night they made a determined attempt to obtain possession of the causeway connecting this place with the mainland. A detachment of Egyptian soldiers and friendlies who went oat to oppose the invading forces weie overpowered by the rebels and driven back to the town. The rebels might have followed up this advantage, and thus placed the safety of the town in jeopardy, but for the timely assisbance of the British gun-boat in harbour, which shelled the rebel position, and forced them to beat a hasty retreat. The rebels .suffered heavy los.s in skirmish and from shells from the steamer. The gunboat subsequently landed a force of marines o assist in defending the town.

Suakim, September 20. Severe fighting has taken place on the outskirts of this town. Two hundred marines and several thousand natives ! are reported to have been killed.

Athens, September 21. The Turkish war vessel having seized a Greek fishing vessel in the Greece has demanded redress for the outrage.

Sibila, September 21. The reported death of the Ameer of Afghanistan is discredited here. Sydney, September 21. One of the crew of the barquentine Hector, from Port Harding, New Hebrides, who had been detained ashore for misbehaviour, plunged into the sea to swim off a.s the vessel was sailing, and was fired at from the shore, but without effect. Those on board the vessel returned the fire, but no casualities are reported. It is not known whether the firing party ashore were whites or natives.

! Sydney, September 21. A fierce thundei storm passed over the city to-day. Wimble's warehouse and the National Bank were both struck by lightning. The flagpoles on the top of the latter building were shattered, but no serious injuiy was done. During the storm an immense quantity of lain fell, and considerable damage was clone to stores in the low-lying buildings by the flood-water.

Sydney, September 20. Three more miners have been arrested -ii connection with the Newcastle rioting-

Sydney, Sept. 22. During the time that the miners' strike has lasted, it is estimated that has been withdrawn from circulation in Newcastle.

Melbourne, September 21. The following awards have been made in connection with the Melbourne Dairy Show : — New Zealand cheese : First award, Greytown Butter and Cheese Factory ; commended, Wayte Bros., Gore, Southland. Honey in jars : First awaids, G. W. Epping, Normanby, Taranaki; Moritzson and Hopkins, Dunedin ; second award, Colonel Morris, Queenstown. Honey in comb : Fust award, Colonel Morris; second awaid, George Stevenson, Povei ty Bay. Preserved beef : Second awards, Gear Company, Wellington, and R. Tillow. No awards have been made to New Zealand for hams, bacon, or butter. Another dairy show will be held about November.