CABLE MESSAGES. British and Foreign Telegrams

Taranaki Herald, Volume XL, Issue 9069, 29 April 1891, Page 2

CABLE MESSAGES. British and Foreign Telegrams

By Electric Telegraph — Vntted Press Association Copyright —Beeeived 89,4114 3.30 p.m. INFLUENZA IN ENGLAND, ' London, April 27. Influenza is raging at Stockpoirt and Pontefract, and a large number of deaths ar« reported. INFLUENZA IS BHEFPIKLO, London, April 28. One third of the population of Sheffiold is suffering from influenza, and numerous deaths are reported. NEWFOUNDLAND FISHERIES. In the House of Lords to-day, in moving the second reading of the bill enforcing the modus vivendi with Franco in connection vr«th tho Newfoundland fisheries, Lord Knutsford promised that the Government would not proceed with the measure in the House of Commons provided that the Parliament passed a measure equivalent to it after Whitsuntide. N,Z. SHIP \RRIVK.D HOilE. ' Arrived : Ship Bablock, from Lyttelton (January 29th). COLONIAL fiTOOK^. Colonial stocks are improving. REV. C. OLARK DENOUNCES AUSTRALIAN WdKKMBN. | Rev. Charles Clark, in letters which have been published here, denounces the : insensate selfishness of Australian workmen, who, he says, deserve co suffer for driving capital away from the colonies. GLADSTONE DENIES PABNELL'd STATEMENT. Mr Gladstone denies Parnell's statement that he asked the Parnellite party in 1887 to suppress the Plan of Campaign. QUBSS HONE TO CHERBOURG. The Queen has started for Cherbourg. EXCLUSION OF FOREIGN PAUPERS FBU>I ENGLAND. A meeting of some 300 persons, including 40 M.'sP., will be held on Friday to discuss the exclusion of penniless foreigners from the United Kingdom. SETTLING HU33IAN JEWS INT AUSTRALIA. A fund has been set on foot by Baron Hirsch for assisting Russian Jews to settle in America or Australia, and has now reached three millions sterling. Rothschilds have promised to assist. PORTUGUESE LOAN. Pabis, April 28. Ths Portuguese loan of ten millions, on the security of tobacco monopoly, was only half subscribed.SEVERAL STRIKES OF MINEBS EXPECTED,, Brussels, April 28. The National Federation of Belguim has joined the German miners in the proposal of a general strike for eight hours per day. MOLTKE LYING TN STATEBerlin, April 28. Immense crowds viewed the body of the Lite Count Von Moltke. The King of Saxony and most of the members of the German Royalty will attend the funeral. RHINO. IN INDIA, Calcutta, April 28. Jubraj, the Manipur chieftain, has fled, but Senepulty remains at Manipur with 400 men. The British troops attack the position to-day. Silchar's column routed the Manipurs at Bishenpore. NAVAL ENGAGEMENTS. Valparaiso, April 28. The rebel cruiser Aconcaqna, fought vrith the torpedo fleet for four and a-half hours, and eventually escaped to Caldera. She was struck seven times, but the damage sustained was not of a serious nature. INSURGENTS PARLEYING FOR PEACE. It is reported that the insurgents are parleying for peace. The report that the rebel ship Tuascar had sunk after being struck by torpedo is denied. PORTUGUESE ASSAULTED ENGLISHMEN IN AFfilOA. Capetown, April.2B. The Portuguese officers at Delagoa Bay brutally assaulted Messrs Pawlej and Colquohon, of the British Charted Company. The British Consul cables that the lives of Englishmen at Delagoa Bay are unsafe.