RISE IN COAL.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 9759, 26 July 1893, Page 2

RISE IN COAL.

London, July 25. Coal has advanced 3s per ton. At present there is no prospect of settlement of the strike. LOCKOUT OF MINERS. ' Two hundred and eighty thousand miners cease work on Friday. LATE ACCIDENT TO lONIC. The Court awarded the Uawarden Castle £7000 for assisting the lonic when she broke her shaft off Capetown. ' Of this amount £5,600 goes to the owners and the rest io the captain and crew. SHIPPING MEAT FROM BULGARIA. The first ship load of Bulgarian frozen meat has been despatched to London. FRENCH IN SIAM. The French subjects in Bangkok have been placed under the protection of the Dutch Consul. M. Pa vie, the French Minister, has asked for a pilot to take the French gunboats out of the river. They are suspected of lingering, under the pretence of waiting for the monsoon, in order to enable the Triumphant and Restore, cf the Asiatic squadron, to arrive. A second detachment of the Foreign Legion has been despatched to the East by the French Government. SCULLING MATCH. Gaudaur beat Ilnnlaii by seven lengths. LORD DUDLEY A BANKRUPT.! Lord Dudley has called a meeting of his creditors. His liabilities are £800,000, and his assets £43,000. LIBEL CASE. J, Wilson is suing a London evening paper for £1000 for libel, for accusing him of recklessly expending the funds of the Seamen's Union of Ohio, of which he is secretary. In his evidence Wilson admitted that local securities to tho extent of two thousand pounds had been embezzled, and also that the expenditure per annum on salaries and management amounted to nearly twenty thousand before the members of the union derived any benefit: he also admitted it was illegal to apply to expenses of management eight thousand pounds of subscriptions reeeiTed for special purpose. LORD DUFFERIN AND M. DEVELLE. Paris, July 25. Lor Dnfferin had a friendly interview with M. Devellc, who intimated that France would not allow a third party to iatorforo with her quarrels with Siam. CHOLERA AT PIEDMONT. Cholera has appeared in Piedmont, a compartment of the Kingdom of Italy. KING OTTO ILL. Munich, July 25. King Otto is in a critical condition. PROPOSAL TO PURCHASE CANADA. Washington, July 25. Mr Simpson, member for Kansas, has submitted to Congress a Bill proposing to purchase Canada.