CABLE MESSAGES.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 8366, 10 January 1889, Page 2

CABLE MESSAGES.

British aud Foreign Telegrams By Electric Telegraph — United Prcsn Association Copyright —Reccivcl 10 1 S9 —9.50 a.m. NEW COUNTY; COUNCILS ACT. London, January 8. Lord Roseberv announces his in-

j tentiou of contesting tho City seat under tbe new County Councils Act. DEFENCE! OF ENGLAND. Forty Brennau torpedoes are being placed ia position for coast defence. jSkeerness has been appointed a testing station. OUR NEW GOVERNOR. Lord Ouslow" will give a farewell banquet at Guildford on 6th February. lIAN T .OF.WAR FOR AUSTRALIA H.M.S. Nymph is being prepared for the Australian station. A PROTECTION CLIQUE DISCOMFITED. The Manchester Chamber of Commerce has rescinded tho resolution passed at a small meeting held on December l'Jth, " declaring that all imported goods similar to goods that can be produced an€ sold in the United Kingdom ought to pay their proportion of local and Imperial taxation," and passed a resolution expressing its entire adherence to the Freetrade principle. % IRIBH EVICTIONS. The Catholio Bishops have been notified by the Secretary for Ireland that the poJice will be protected by tho military when eviotions are being enforced, and that no parleying will be permitted after a warning has been given to the inmates to vacate the homesteads. ARRIVAL HOME OF AORAMGI.' The B.M.S. Aorangi arrived at Plymouth on Tuesday from New Zealand. Her passengers have arrived all well, and the cargo of frozen meat is in good condition. KAIKOURA FOR NEW ZEALAND. The E.M.S. Kaikoura sailed from the Cape for New Zealand, via Hobart, on Sunday. THE PANAMi CANAL COMPANY. Paris, January 8. The chairmanship of the new Panama Oaual Company, which is to be formed with a capital of £20,000,000, has been offered to M. Da Lesseps. President Carnofc has refused to subscribe to the new company. THE SAMOAN AFFAIR. Berlin, January 8. The Samoan affair has created a painful sensation in this oity. The Press urges Prince Bismarck to make serious and energetic representations at Washington asking America to facilitate the settlement of the Samoan difficulty by admitting the preponderance of German commercial interests in the island. KING UF HOLLAND DYING. Hague, January 8. King William the Third, of Holland, who has been suffering from an affection ot the throat, is dying. POLITICAL CRISIS IN SERVIAJ Belgrade:, January 8. A Regency is being appointed for Servia, and King Milan visits tho Riviera. PEACE PUOPOSALS IN SOUDAN buAKiN, January 8. A peace policy is beiug tried with the various Arab tribes, and Colonel Kitchener has intimated to them that it is not his intention to fight any more, and hopeß that peace will be made and trade revived. The heads of the various tribes are invited to meet Colonel Kitchener so that a consultation between them may be had. DEFEAT OF OSMAN DIGNA. The Arab rebel* have, suffered another defeat, wheu Osman Digna'a cavalry were out to pieces. GENERAL GRBNFELL BANQUETTED. Cairo, Januaiy 8. General Grenfell will be entertained at a banquet, in honor of his victory at Suakin. WRECK AND LOSS OF LIFE IN BLACK SEA. Coxstantinoplk, January 8. Information has reached here of the wreck of a vessel iv the Black Sea, and the loss of one hundred lives. EUROPEAN CONTROL OVER PANAMA CAVAL. Washington, January 8. A resolution has been passed by tbe Sanate declaring its disapproval of auy European control being allowed over the Panama Canal, as it would ba injurious to American interests, and requestiug the President to express to the European Powers the views encertained by the Senate upon the question. CIIINE3E QUESTION. Hongkong, January 8. A largo meettug of mandarins will be held here at an early date, when Quong Tart, a well-known merchant ot Sydney, will be requested to state his views on the treatmeut of Chinese in Australia, and suggest a method of equitably settling the difficulty. The Chinese qu6stiou has temporarily oeasod to excite public attention.