CABLE MESSAGES. British and Foreign Telegrams

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 8742, 31 March 1890, Page 2

CABLE MESSAGES. British and Foreign Telegrams

By Meet Ha Telegraph — United Press Association Copyright—'Received 31,3 00. 0.30 a.m, WESTERN AUSTRALIAN CONSTITUTION. Loxoox, March 28. The Parliamentary Committee who are enquiring into the granting of autonomy to Western Australia, has adjourned until April 15th. ABRB-'T OF ALLPSB^P. Inspector Hare, who captured Allpress, claims the reward for securing the defaulter. QUKEUPLAND L">AN. Westgarth's Monthly Circular states that if the Queensland loan had been postponed for a month it would have realised two per cent, more than it did at present. The loan is quoted at 2\ per cent, premium. POLITICAL CRISIS IN GWRMA^Y. Berlin, March 29. "Dalvenslebcn, the German Ambassador at Brussels, who was appointed to succeed Count Herbert Bismarck as Secretary of State for Foreign Affair?, has declined to accept the position on grounds of ill health. Baxon Murchall has therefore been appointed, and his selection is regarded with favor as his programme is of a pacific nature. PRIMOK OF WALES GONE TO COBUF"G H.R.11. the Prince of Wales and his son, Prince George, have left the city on a visit to Coburg. HTSMAR°K ItKFUSIfIS DuKEDOW. Prince Bismarck has finally declined to be created Duke of Lauenburg. BKHLIN LABOHR CONFICRBNCE. The Berlin Labour Conference has closed its sittings. It recommends the establishment of Courts of Arbitration and periodical International Conferences to deal with the subject of labor. The Conference also recommends that there should be weekly a day of rest of all operations, and Sunday is preferred as the day in cases where continuous production is necessary. The Conference considers that there should be a free Sunday every fortnight. STUDENTS' AGITATION IN RUSSIA. St. Petersburg, March 29. The agitation of the students of the University and Academy of Agriculture for restoration of the privileges abolished in 1883, is increasing, and pamphlets are being freely circulated among all tho Universities interested. In consequence of the attitude of the students the Palaces at Moscow and St. Petersburg are being guarded by the police. The students demand freedom of conscience, liberty of the Press, and abolition of the autocracy of the Czar Six hundred of the sLudents have been arrested at Moscow.