PAUPER WIPE OF AN M.P.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XL, Issue 9191, 19 September 1891, Page 2

PAUPER WIPE OF AN M.P.

London September 18. Mr P. J. Foley, M.P. for Connemara, who was recently summoned beforo the City Court by the Wandsworth Guardians for neglecting to support his wife, who is in the workhouse, has undertaken to provide maintenance, and the charge has been withdrawn. SOLICITOR CHARGED WITH ABDUCTION. Newton, a solicitor, has been sentenced to six months' imprisonment for abduction. BRISBANE DEFAULTS. Thorpe, of Brisbane, the defaulter who was arrested on a charge of heavy embezzlement from Peck Bros., has been sentenced to ten yeirs,. N.Z. VESSELS ARRIVED HOME. Arrived : S.s. Fifeshire, from Bluff (July 24); barquentine Ealina Vernen, at New York, from Auckland (May 6). N.Z. POTATOES IN ENGLAND. Tho potatoes by the Arawa have arrived in Jair condition, and are expected to realise 50s. THOUGHT READING WAGERS. Colonel Desmond, who took up Stuart Cumberland's challenge for £100 to give an exhibition of occult influences, now says the Mahatmas forbid the contest. RUSSIAN LOAN. Paris, September 18. The Russian loan of five hundred million francs will be issued on October 29th, at a minimum of 79. FRANCE AND CHINA. M. Ribot, in a note to the Chinese Government, insists on the urgent necessity of upholding life and property in China. REVIEW OF FRENCH TROOPS. President Carnot reviewed 150,000 soldiers at Vitay. A Russian attache who -was present received an immense ovation. FRENCH FEELING TOWARD GERMANY. The French are furious at the German Emperor's speech at Erfurt, in which he sneered at Napoleon, and accuses him of reviling France for the purpose of hastening the " Revanche." "HOLY COAT" OF TREVES. Beblin, September 38. One million pilgrims have visited Treves. The Roman Catholic journals allege that miracles have • been worked through the agency of the " Holy Coat." The lams are said to walk and the blind made to see. SHAM FIGHT IN GERMANY. Kaiser witnessed a sham fight at Mulhansen, in which sixty thousand men were engaged. TUNNEL COLLAPSED. Vienna, September 18. A tunnel on the Styrian railway, near Trieste, hag collapsed, and fifty-two workmen were entombed, all of whom, it is feared, have perished. Twenty dead bodies have been recovered. FLOODS IN SPAIN. Madrid, September 18. Four thousand cattle, which had been sent in to attend a Fair at Consulgra, perished in the floods. The people are suffering greatest hardships in inundated districts. Van loads of dead are buried in the trenches, one service only being held over each batch. Storms have occasioned immense loss throughout Spain, BALMACEDA PLEADING FOR MERCY. Valparaiso, September 17. It is stated that Balmaceda surrendered to the British flagship, and pleaded on his knees for mercy and to be taken on board. HAWAII AND ENGLAND. Washington, September 18. The National party in Hawaii warn the United States authorities that England is planning for the annexation of the islands, with the connivance of the Queen. GRAPE DISEASE IN AMERICA. Phylloxera has been discovered in American on grafted vines. REVOLUTION IN CHINA. Honokont, September 18. It is believed that a rebellion in the Yang-tse-kiang district is imminent. Many seizures of arms and dynamite have been made.