CABLE MESSAGES. British and Foreign Telegrams

Taranaki Herald, Volume XL, Issue 9063, 22 April 1891, Page 2

CABLE MESSAGES. British and Foreign Telegrams

it tf otic Telegraph. — United Press As* ctalinn Onpi/ngJil — 'fciwi 22 4191 —9 30 a.m. BBBACH UV PriOtffSE CASE. London, April 20. The action, in which Miss Gertrude Ellis, an actress, claimed from Mr W. H. Hulberfc the sum of £10,000 as damage 3 for breach of promise of marriuge, was heard to-day. In his defence Mr Hulberb denied having made the promise, and successfully proved an alibi. He also alleged that the case was ' a deliberate attempt to levy blackmail. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant. BKET SUGAR YIELD. Mr F. O. Licht, sugar expert, estimates that the seven months' beat production will show an increase of 16,000 tons, and that the new campaign will give a surplus of 70,000 tons. NKW ZS LVND APtT.ESIV LO^DO^, The consignment of apples ex s.s. Arawa from New Zealand, is selling at from 10s to 20s per case. WOUj MARKS! 1 . The wool market continues firm. MORE BUAN T D.\LS EXPIATED. Paris, April 20. r lVo Members of the English House of Commons, along with forty other persons, have been arrested at the baths in Paris, and detained on a charge of a gravt. character. PO&TUGUESrf POSSHiSSIOV Is!I s ! AFRICA. Lisbon, April 20. The Governor of Mozambique lias communicated with the Government concerning the seizure of mails and vessels by the Portuguese authorities in Mashonalancl. He declares that the Rhodes Comany has recently arranged a modus vi> endi, and, therefore, the Portuguese had done the same. He mentions that several Englishmen have been taken prisoners, and also that the tug belonging to Mr Johnson, British agent in Zambesi, had been seized, and English ensign lowered. He declares that hereafter only vessels flying Portuguese flag will be allowed on the Pungwe River which leads into the territory claimed by the British African Company. The Portuguese Cortes will discuss the New Convention on May 2nd. N.Z. VESBICL ARRIVKD AT BO TON. New York, April 20. Arrived, lit Boston : Barque Lurline, from Auckland (December 80). AN ACTCKUAND VESSSL ASHOHB, News has been received' that the barque Mary S. Ames, which left Auckland for this port on January 21, had been ashore on the South American coast. She floated off, and the survey at Pernambuco proving that the vessel sustained no damage, she proceeded on her voyage. PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS TD OOSGRE33. "Washington", April 20. In addressing Congress President Harrison said the United States was not content to allow the European Powers to absorb the commerce of the South American Republics, and intimated that the treaty recentl/ entered into with the Brazilian Government would shortly be followed by similar ones with other Republics. The Government, he announced, intend to grant contracts to mail ships, and had determined that the American navy should be made the best in the world. He hoped to, see an early completion of the Nicaragua Canal.