CABLE MESSAGES,

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 9539, 4 November 1892, Page 2

CABLE MESSAGES,

iJritish and Foreign Telegrams

Uy Electric Teugraph. • United Prrnt Association OopyrtghU' ReavtA 4 11192 —9.30 a.m.

YORKSHIRE MINERS' DISPUTE. London, November 3.

The Yorkshire miners' demand that if the output is reduced a full week s wages be paid.

AFGHANISTAN AFFAIRS.

The Thnea hesitates to believe that the Ameer of Afghanistan is acting in an evasive manner, and thinks that if it is true he will be better advised. It adds that it is impossible to deceive the Indian Government by illusory excuses. YORKSHIRE RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

Over a hundred passengers were on the Scotch south express train which collided noar Thirsk, in Yorkshire. Several of those had booked for Australia by the steamer Oratava. including Capt. Duncan McLeod (of the 42nd Regiment), who was killed, and Mr S. P. Brodie, who was seriously injured. Two of the carriages were piled upon the engine and burnt, but the other carriages were not consumed. Altogether thirteen persons were killed. Lord TweeMa'e expresses the be'ief that tho signal man was asleep. The accident happened at fonr o'clock in the morning.

'FRISCO MAIL SUBSIDY.

The Postmaster- General, in a letter to the Agent-General of New Zealand, regrets the decision of the Treasury regarding the subsidy to San Franci-co mail service. At the same times he denies that the service is an absolute necessity from an Imperial standpoint, but is one which the colony should reasonably provide if satisfied of its icquirements.

NARROW ESCAPE FRJM

DROWNING. Pabis, November 2.

The Prince and Princess of Monaco had a narrow escape from drowning while yachting off Toulon.

FRENCH WARSHIP ASHORE. Madrid, November 3.

The French warship Havre struck at Feirol, in Spain, and is in a dangerous position. RUSSIAN STEAMER FIRED AT. Bucharest, November 3.

The Russian steamer Olga, not complying with the quarantine regulations in force at Sulina, a town on the baoks of the Danube, was fired on aad captured by a Roumanian gunboat. The officers of the Olga excused themselves on tho ground that they believed they were on an international highwa/.

AFFAIRS IST AFGHANISTAN.

Calcutta, November 2.

The Ameer of Afghanistan is still acting in an evasive manner, and Lord Roberts' mission is not likely to start for three months.

AMERICAN EXPORTS.. New York, November 3.

Mi" McKinley declares that the exports for the year are the largest within the history of America, and that the result ' has thoroughly astonished the critics of the new tariff.

INCREASING WAGES.

Owing to tho McKinley Tariff, owneis of cotton mills in Fall River, a town of Massachusetts, are voluntarily iucreasing the wages of operatives by seven percent.

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

Mr Grover Cleveland claims to have 231 vote 3 (including a solid South vote). • General Harrison has 2-42 without New York.