CABLEGRAMS.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 324, 12 December 1888, Page 5

CABLEGRAMS.

1 Loxdonv December 5; •Tub ," Times "' - Parnell Commission will adjourn for tbo Christmas and New Year holidays on Friday, the 14 lh instant. The inquiry will resume on the 15th January. , A witness who gave evidence fco-day before tho Commission, deposed that Mr Parnell participated in some of fcho outrages against people who paid rent, and that' Mr Tljnothy Harrington, iSccietary of the League, ordered the Lc-aguera nor. to kill or huib their \icbims too muah. The u it"no>s said ho was paid £7 for his services. The captains of circles received orders from the committees ot branches of tho League, and Mr Harrington refused money to one branch of the League because it; was inactive. MolJoy, the Invincible, has been arrested in Dublin by ordoi of the Commission. Redouts have reached Wady Haifa thafc the White Paf-ha I 1I 1 rife left Bahr-01-Uhazel for the North. Kis believed at Cairo that the White Pasha i& Stanley. The latest news from Suakim states that thet c ift a shorbne-'s of water there, and this fact presents a difficulty to the occupation ot the city by any large body of British troops. The Tories a\e veLy indignant at the action of Loul Randolph Chm chill in connection with his motion protecting against the Soudan campaign, and accuse him ot attempting to spring a mine on the Covernmenl. Lord Randolph's motion was .supported by the Home Rulers, the Liberals, and fonr Tories. The "Times," in the covu&e of an article on tho debate, says that Lord Randolph uas justified in opposing the Soudan campaign. j At a meeting of the Grand Lodge of Freemasons, Lord Carnarvon moved, on behalf of tho Prince of Wales, that the Lodge should recognise union with the New South Wales lodges. The motion was carried. H. U.JtL the Prince of "Wales was elected patron. The Right Hon. John Bright, who has i been indisposed lor some time past, is reported to be binking. ! The (lovernorship of South Australia has boon thiee Limes refused. i The "New Zealand Footballers won thois match against North Ireland by two tries: to nothing. Several of the London papers assert thot the present slate ot affairs at Suakim,. has arisen in consequence ot the i inclination of tncUovernmentto abandon the place. Till thepowerof Mahdism i& sufficient , 1 tocompelthccniorcemenbof strongmeasures - against the Dcrvibhers, theyurscetbc ( Govern- , ment to abandon the campaign altogether, i or give efFect to measures that will completely crush the iorces that aie threatening Suakim. Loid Carnarvon, in hi« bpeech upon the relations of the colonies and the mother country, expressed the hope that existing tics would always be maintained, but considered it obligatory upon the home authorities to appoint as governor a man who would be acceptable to colonists. It is rumoured that the proposed conference to discuss the best means of suppressing the African slave trade will be comened by Great Britain. Portugal claims Mason ra land in East Africa.

Lojjox, December 7. Sm Wamt.ji Bnj.nn has disposed of the 7\e\v Zealand Antimony Company';* <jold mine tor £10,000 cash, and 125,000 paidup shares in the Compan) , which is now being formed with a capital of £250,000 to work the property. Before the " Time r « "-Varnell Commission to-day, a witness named BuiLc, an lriah farmer, gave evidence a* to the deteiminationani\ed afc by the Cl&nbur branch ot the League to murder Loid Mountmorres, and stated that lie was asked to assist in the murder. The \vitnc3S deposed that he half consented to assibt in the murder, but eventually declined to have anything to do with, the affair. On the night of the minder, the witness slated ho wa-s informed by a companion that the deed had been committed, and that Lord Mountmones was dead. Sir Charles Russell considerably damaged the testimony of bho witness in cto&s examination, \\ ithouc, however, shaking the main points ot his evidence. The pic&ent season in England is nnp.uallelcfi, the weather bcinq oppressively warm, and the temperature that of midsummer. Mr Dillon, replying to an address fiom 550 Liberal members of the House of Commoii, paid Liberalism had been the meant, of dtawino- England and Ireland closer to- ■. gcther, despite the acts of thoOovernmenl. Lt Home Pule were g« anted to li eland, that j friendship already formed would be cemented, and Home Rule for Ii eland did not mean separation from England. On the other hand, the sympathy of England was what rhe lrish desired, and not; political reparation, and if that sympathy were freely oJlercd to Ireland, it would jro lar to stamp out ciimo in that country.

London", Decembers. ] ( \ilhcr Kennedy, of Mcsilin, lias been sentenced to tlnec months' imprisonment on a chaige of inciting tenants to refuse to pay lent.

I'arts, December 6. Gr.M'.Ky, BouiiVMiKii denies that he has' iormed any alliance with Ihe Oileanists-, and dec'ares fchab ho is Republican only. It is reported that JM. Clenicnceau is intiitrninft to upjcb J\l Floquct. The Chamber of Deputies has sanctioned the pLo^ecutkm of M. Wilson. ' Another attempt A\a-> juadc to-day to dynamite the l\irisian («op;istry OiKce. The abtempbed outrage vras unsuccessful, ix tJic Chamber of JJepubios labt night a fccenc occurred between two members named J\l. Sussiui and J\J. Baslcy. The former called the Inttoi- an ass, whereupon M. Ba&ley \valked across the floor of the Chamber and struck JNL Sussini on the face. The President ruled that the word as.-s was rude, and the matter might tuv\e ended but tor the blow given. A duel was fought between the two without serious result, and to-day tho aggressor apologised to the Chamber for his misbehaviour.

Bisulin, Decembers. The Minister of War hub announced that a con&klciablo increase in the (Jeiman artii lery is> contemplated in consequence ot a similar increase in the aunamenb ol other J'owers. Thirteen French officers Jiave been expelled from German territory on suspicion of bein# spies. Theiiciman Government have informed the French Government that the presence of a number of , French officers in Germany is undesirable, on the ground that fcheir actions and motives are nofci abovo sus picion. , * , • • Wai* preparations still continue. , ' ' The Minister of War has announced thab a considerable increase in tho artilloxy force of Geimany is contemplated in .consequence ot the iacb thab increases of a similar lmturo have bceh made, by- obhei 1 Powers. mi. ' >

i.KoMJS, December 7. ' Siftuor Crispi slated in bho Senate to^clay

thab ; the position of the-,couubr-y -compelled, Italy to Tnaintajtra perfect/ar)nanient\ ; "i " ; Sigrior "Ibhe Italian 'Prcn^ier,"~iTi tlie course of a speech in the Senate, stated ' thafcab the presenb* time the relations' be-. I ween ( Italy and France were of a cordial nature. ' ' ' ,

I ' * Zanzibar, December ' 6. * Blockading vessels now on the Coast have captured a slave dhow. Foaling the ravages of insurgont tribes, the natives along the coast left their lands unsown lasb season, and supplies are now | consequently diminishing and ,a famine is ■ imminent.

I New Youk, December 0. { Jx February last Aiwos Sncll, a millionaire, was found murdered in his residence no Chicago. The house had been broken into , by burglars, and the theory at the time o£ the murder was that Ihey had been siuprised by Snell, and thafc in an effort to cfl'ect tlieir capture, the latter was killed. Since then no clue has been obtained to the murderers, and the widow now oflers a leward of £50,000 for their conviction.

P vms, Dec. 10. A Bonapartlst manifesto has been issued, and it amounts to the .sealing of an ailliance between the Bonajjartist party and the followers of Boulanger. There is consequent excitement in political circles.

Washington", December 6. Tjiu Secretary to the Treasury insists upon ' the necessity for re adjusting the tariff. The Senate has resumed the Tariff discussion.

Si'akim, December 6. The British reinfoi cements ha\ c arrived heto.

SvjiMSi", Decembei* 7. Sru 0. M h'rjct, O'Rojjkk, in the course of an interview, &aid the result of the recent dispute with rcierence to Sir H. A. Blake and the Governorship of Queensland would be to make the Imperial Govern men b extremely cautious in making future appointments. Sir Maurice also expressed pleasure at the firm stand taken by Sir Thomas McIhvraith in the matter. Referring to the recently published statement as to the probability of Six* Hercules Robinson being raised to the peerage, Sir Maurice said that ib was a matter for regret that Sir George Grey had been overlooked when such favours were being dispensed, for of all men his long '. and varied colonial services entitled him to some recognition of the kind. Sir Maurice, referring to the proposal to place New Zealand railways under the management of a non-political Board, expressed the opinion that it would be to the advantage of New Zealand if the services of ]Mr Goodchap, the late general manager of New South Wales railways, could be secured as chief railway commissioner for x-Tew Zealand. At a conference of representative oarsmen from different colonies, it was resolved that in future colonial races should be open to all amateurs. The latter term was defined to include manual labour oarsmen. Further frauds to the extent of £1,300 have been discovered in connection with the Municipal Corporation 1 finances. They wete committed by Bradford, the perpetrator of the pievious frauds. The Special Auditor, who has been maa ef-tigating the accounts, reports that) the fiauds would have been impracticable had the examiner of the accounts not culpably disregarded his duty.

Syj>nt.y, December 8. Mrs Lol is \ Collins, who was charged with the murder of her first husband, Andieus, three weeks ago, the jury being unable io agree on a verdict, was to-day indicted for the muider of her second husband, Collins, when the jury returned a verdict of guilty, and His Honor passed sentence of death.

Melbourne, December 4. Tm. " Australasian,"' in an article on the present, agricultural outlook in Australia, .'•ays New Zealand is evidently the favoured colony this season, and that with the piospect or good crops and high prices, the silver lining is apparent in the cloud which has so long hung over " Oreater Britain." The general opinion here is that New Zealand cropi will be as universally good, a& in Victoria they will probably be tho opposite, and it is assumed that New Zealand will have an immense bulk of wheat and oats for export. The North Rochester district felt the drought more severely than the southern divi.Mon of the province. In the vicinity of Bamawam many crops will not yield more than a bag to tho acre, and will not be harvested. In the "back blocks" the prospect is very dis-couraging, whilst in the Eastern and North-eastern Divisions of the colony the season has been the worst ever experienced, and large areas of crojss ai*e an entire failure. Along; the Murray and Cioulbuvn Rivers the yield has been comparatively satisfactory. The measure dealing with the que&tion of the admie&ion ot the Chinoee into the colony hah been pas&od by the Legislative Assembly. The revenue returns for the last five months ctic somewhat sensational in their I disclosures. They show an increase of £798,000 on the corresponding period of la-5 1, year. The police have arrested a man named O'Oiier, on whoso premises a large quantity of jewellery, which proves to have beeu stnlon from the Exhibition, has been discovered.

Mi'LFiournk, Dec. 10 A sad boating disaster occuned yesterday in Hobson's ]3ay, resulting in the loss of five lives. A party of ' six, comprising a man named Beck with his wife and child and thiee others named Jane Purcell and Theresa and Elizabeth Gordon, were out in a boat when the craft capsized, and all -were drowned with the exception of Beck himself. It is believed that the Exhibition deficit will amount to ,£200,006,

Auklaidk, Dec. 10. The Dnorce Bill, which has been under hhe coiifiderabkm of the Legislature, has been sholvcd. Sir W. C. F. llobinson, X.C.M.C., the retiring Governor of this colony, has been presented with a farewell address of, a complimentary nature by the inhabitants of the colony. , ,

, Fekth, Dec. 10. Further particular arc now to hand ro- - specting the explosion of the boiler of a donkey-engine >ou the steamer- Albany at 1 Hamlin. _ : i , . ,■! ••• The boilor was forced through the main. ' deck,,, and carried away the chart-room, - main bridge, main topmast, and fell over. < the stern. ' , ' t , * , t < -> <'<.t .. 1 One man was cut in half,,and another had' 1 his head out ott. . ' . . - ,. t -„ -' rr r Cv\o others 'vei 6 so 'dreadfully scalded that the flesh fell ufl', apcl. they'll io'cl, > There wcvq in nU tour victims,