LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 8665, 30 December 1889, Page 2

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

CABLE MBSSAiKS. British and Foreign Telegrams JJy Electric Telegraph. — Fnltsd Press Association Copyright— Received 30112189 —3Jop.m. GAS BTOKERS STRIKE. London, December 28. The Gas Stokers' Union have decided to call out all the stokers in North London unless the Southern Company expels the non-Unionists recently employed. BRAZIL NOT RECOGNISED BY GREAT POWERS. The Great Powers have refused to acknowledge any communication from Brazil until the National Assembly has had an opportunity of confirming the establishment of the Republic. ANOTHER LONDON STAN DAL. Captain O'Shea is petitioning for a divorce, on the grounds of Parnell's adultery with his wife. EGYPTIAN CONVERSION SCHEME. Pabis, December 27. It is thought that France will assent to the Egyptian conversion scheme, prorided it is coupled with an evacuation by the British. Her demands have been reiterated that the Egyptian army shall be increased and the English troops reduced. INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC. Pabis, December 28. The mortality in Paris from indirect results of influenza is higher than during the epidemic of cholera. DEATH OF EMPRESS OF BRAZIL Lisbok, December 28. The death L$ announced of the Empress of Brazil, who was recently deposed from the throne. EMIN BEY WORSE. Zanzibar, December 27. Emm Bey is reported to have suffered a severe relapse. ANOrHER REBELLION IN BRAZIL Rio de Janiero, December 27. Civilians co-operated with the mutineers of the army and navy in the recent outbreak. The position of the Government is critical, but it is not likely that the monarchy will be restored. ROW WITH THE NEGROES. New York, December 27. During a drunken riot at Jessup, in Georgia, twenty negroes and two whites were killed. AMERICAN SQUADRON ORDERED TO LISBON. New York, December 28. It is reported here that the American squadron has been ordered to Lisbon to enforce McMurto's claims with reference to Delagoa Bay and the goldfields railway. ANOTHER FAMINE IN CHINA. Hong Kovo, December 26. There is much discontent in China, and prospect of another famine.