ENGLISH AND FOREIGN CABLE.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 3619, 7 May 1886, Page 2

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN CABLE.

?E}f. ELEOTKIO TiStßailAFH— OOPVKIOHT.J (Ueutbr's Agency.) "' ' IRooeived 11;45'a.m., May 6th. i RIOTS AND LOSS OF LIFE IN CHICAGO. New York, May 5. The labour riots m Chicago have now aisumed a very serious phase. A meeting of socialists numbering 15,000 men was held yesterday m the city, and the police ordered the crowd to disperse j but the socialists offered a stubborn resistance, throwing explosive bombs among the police, killing five and wounding many others. Tho police then fired upon the rioters, fifty ol whom were snot dead and a large number wounded. The greatest consterna-tion-prevails m the city, business being to .a large extent at a standstill,

THE ARABS AGAIN ON THE WAR PATH. Cairo, May 5. Advices from the frontier state tbat the Mabadist Arabs are massing m large numbers m the vicinity of Dongola. (Received 2.30 p.m., May Gth.) FEDERAL MAIL SERVICE. London, May 5. Mr R. C. Baker leaves for Soutb Australia to-morrow. The tenders which be has received for the Federal mail service have not been made public. AFFAIRS IN MANDALAY. Calcutta, May 1. A force of Sikh police, consisting of 2000 men, Las started for Mandalay. In spile of the vigilance of tbe British troops another immense fire has occurred m that city. ! (Special tc- tup. Press Association.) (Reeoivod 11 a.m., May Cth.) THE EXHIBITION. London, May 4. The Queen did not wear her crown or royal robes at the opening of the 1 Exhibition. Her Majesty was received , with cheers on entering the building. SUCCESS OF A COLONIAL. • Mr Murray, of Sydne^', has gained Chancellor Gainsford's prize for Latin : and Greek verse. (Eoooived 7 p.m., May 6th.) ECCLESIASTICAL. May 5. 1 The appointment of a successor to ■ Bishop Moorhouse has been deferred ' for a fortnight, CABLE CONFERENCE. The first meeting of the Conference i to take into consideration tbe question ■ of the protection of cables m time of • war will meet at Paris on the 12th inst. It iB unlikely that Sir Arthur ■ Blyth, the representative of South Ausi tralia, will be able to be present. » SHIPPING. i The departure of tbe British India ■ Steam Navigation Company's steamer Moknra for Queensland, via the usual , ports, has been delayed m consequence r of one of her piston rods having • broken. I THE QUEEN AND NEW GUINEA. The Queen has accepted a number of . photographs of New Guinea by Landt , and Co.