NEWS OF THE WORLD

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 9563, 3 December 1892, Page 2

NEWS OF THE WORLD

CABLE, MESSAGES, British anc^Fofeign Telegrams By Electric > Tetegraplu • United , Pres* Association CopyrighU~Recrivttl 3,12,92 — P.JO a.m. SELF-GOVERNMENT IN COLONIES. London, December 1. Mr Harrison Moore, the new Professor of Law at Melbourne University, presided at a meeting ef the Eighty Olub, where tlie Marquis of Ripon eulogised the system of self-government as a source of loyalty of the colonies toward;tho -mother country. LONDON AS A MUNICIPALITY. . London, December 2. The London County Council is urging the Government ,to,_ introduce a^bill to form London into one municipality. • . STRIKE IN COTTON TRADE. The Bolton cotton operatives hsve advanced £2000 to sustain the strike. , ROYAL MARRIAGE. Truth says it is expected that .the marriage of Princess Mary and Duke of York Will take place "in February. COMMISSIONER" OF .UGANDA. The appointment of, ,S^t Gerald Portal as Commissioner of-Uganda is confirmed. MONETARY CONFERENCE. ' BnutSKLS, December 2. , ; It is believed that the. committee of the Monetary Conference have rejected Rothschilds' proposal. PANAMA CANAL ENQUIRY. Pabis, Decmber 1. It will b& proved that M. Reinach received njne million francs, of which he paid away lour millions, including two cheques of a "million each. It. was -also sworn that twenty million francs were expended in. advertising. - POLITICAL CRISIS IN FRANCE. . v * Paris; 'December 2. 4 It is now considered doubtful whether Brissdn Will be able to form '1 Cabinet. • • . , GERMAN ARMY, BILL. , „/ ■ : • r,. Beclin, Doceraberrrl.-',' ' In the Reichstag, Herr Richfcer made a' 'furious attack on the' Army Bill.^' ' „' NEW RULER OP .^AFRISTAN. '." i ', j ' Calcutta; iDoccmber. 2; ■ Tlie' Ameer of Afghanistan is making Chitral the usurper the ruler of Kafristan. SILVER .QUESTION. Washington, December 1. SiJhatoi' Bland thinks tho Rothchilds' schcm&.will^iat J>a. ,ser.iously^cQns.idoxed in the United States. r . * { ' '; ' * COLLtSfON. ' '"'" '' ' ' Tokio, December l t -. The ,P. "and',o. Company's Steamer Ravenna collided with a Japanene warship in the inner sea of Japan. The latter sank, and the Ravenna is badly injured. - , -seventy-fi ve , Japenese 1 were drowned. ''- ' ' ' •'" " " r i AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS. ' '~ Melbourne, December 2. ■ In the leading' departments of.} business the recovery of trade has been general throngho«t'November, but there is a shrinkage compared with the same month last year. The Gov§rn,nient .will shortly enquire into the feasibility of establishing a Federal Arsenal, for the manufacture of all I ' munitions ot'warr". .<; f' '"' t r\ ■ '" Mrs Penddr,"'wW' was snot by her husband, is dead!/- - ■ The Government has offered a reward of JE2S for the discovery' of the body to which tho limbs belong, and a reward of £100 for information that will lead to the arrest of the murderer. •-■ Mrs 'Parker has instituted an action against Mr Joseph • Claike for false imprisonment and malicious prosecution. Damages are-laid at £1000.- . : Kingston, a well-known New Zealand clampion cyclist, died to-day from injuries received by a fall, through a\dog colliding with his bicycle. . ; Sydney, December;!.' A bountiful wheat harvest is expected. >.^ An' opinion is hazarded that New South Walea wjlljthis year'be able supply hex ;Wn wantsf while* another opinion is that if these forecasts ate realised/^he.will]still require to. import a small quantity. _ ,: , „,, .j r Syj>NEY, December 2. , • In the Assembly a private bill has" been introduced to' legalise the totalisator. It also empowers the Postmas eijt ! ter-Gene.ralto,p,rov ! the-promotion of sweeps' "lliTotigh^th'e 'nifllinm of the po«t-ofliceV>' o'O w ,'A :'' > An outbreakof phylloxera has occurred among tlie vihesiat Seven Hills. -,> Hobaut, December 2. The Legislative Assembly has sanctioned the increase of the proposed loan from £1,500,00,0 to £2,100,000, which, it is- expected, ,?will c be. (placed oh Hhe market early in the new year, probably below par >• -'> > ' •»'•! ' • .- t J J