FOREIGN & COLONIAL TELEGRAMS. ENGLISH AND FOREIGN CABEL.

Timaru Herald, Volume LII, Issue 5037, 7 January 1891, Page 2

FOREIGN & COLONIAL TELEGRAMS. ENGLISH AND FOREIGN CABEL.

(t*HK ICtBOTBIO TEtEOKAPH — OoPVKIar.T.) (Pfiß PuBSS ASSOCIATION.) (liecoivod 7.'JO p.m., Jan. O'th.) THE LATE A. W. KINGLAKE. 1 ' : London, Jan. 5. Tho body of A. W. Einglake will be cremated. UNEMPLOYED. • ... Two thousand labourers at Swiuefordy County Mayo, demand work at. the rail-, way relief works,. and threaten, that if it is not given them, to stop those at present engaged. THE TASMANIAN EXHIBITION. Sir E. C. N. Braddon, Agent-General for Tasmania, ha 3 arranged for a strong London committee for the exhibition to be held at Launceston. THE IRISH LEADERS. At the reqnert of Meßsrs Parnell and Harrington an interview will take placo to-morrow between Messrs Healey and O'Brien. THE DANGER OP ELECTRIC LIGHTING. ' New Yohk, Jan. 5. The firo vhiuh gutted Hogmann's Theatre, m Fifth Aveuuo, and icijured Stuartevant House, originated through electric light wiroa. THE UNITED STATES' BIRTH RATE. Tho consua shows tho Unitod States' birth rate to bo two millions bolow the previous decade, CANADA InF HAWAII. , Sah Fkancisco, Jan. v. The Hawaiian Government is parleying with tho Government of Oanad^ for improved trade relations. NATIVE DEFEAT. : Manilla, Jau. 5. The Natives of the Caroline Islandß attacked tha Spanish troops, bnt were repulsed under tho heavy lire of Gatliug guns and lost heavily. (Roooivod 9 p.m. January 6th.) THE VANCOUVER-AUSTRALIA - •■■■•■■•• : ■'• MAIL SERVICE. ' Lonbon, Jan. t>. Tho Dyudicalo ovor wliivh Lord Uiu'-

tingtoii presides is willing to accept a £10,000 subsidy from the Queensland Government for a mail service trom Vancouver to Australia, and hope that owing to the Imperial character of the service the Victorian Government may be induced to CDntribute £5000. The Byndicate proposes to establish a branch service between Honolulu and San Francisco. THE AUSTRALIAN CRUISERS. H.M.S. Tauranga and Ringarooma,two of the Australian cruisers, will be commissioned on the 20th insfc., and afterwards manned at Devonport, their complement being 212 men each. ! RELEASE OF A PRISONER, : Mullet, one of the Irish Invincibles, convicted of taking part m the Phoenix Park murders, has been released from gaol. ______ (Special to the Pkess association.) (Received ,10 a.m., Jan. 6th. ) | ROMANCE OR NONSENSE. London, Jan. 4. A romantic story is m circulation about Parnull and Mrs O'Shea, telling how the latter once nursed him back to life, and on another occasion learning that there was a plot to assassinate him warned him to leave the theatre and avoid taking a carriage. The story with details has been published and has improved Parnell's position. THE CONSUMPTIVE CURE. Beelin, Jan. 4. Dr Koch is conferring with the Government as to the expediency of disclosing his secret. THE INDIANS SURROUNDED. Washington, Jan. 4. The Indians hava been reinforced and are entrenched, but 10,000 troops surround them. It is openly alleged that treachery prevents the acceptance of their surrender, and that it 13 intended' to use this opportunity to exterminate them. The press is horrified at the revelation. (Received 10.35 a.m., Jan. Gth.) LORD EUSTON. London, Jan. 5. Lord Euston is recovering. DEATH OF A WELL-KNOWN CRICKETER. ; Hunter, the well-known Yorkshire professional crickoter, is dead. A DENIAL. ' [ Mi 1 Gladstone has issued a denial of the report that he is about to retire; THE IRISH PARTY. Mi- Parnell demands that Mr McCarthy should resign before the Irish party reforms under the temporary leadership of Mr O'Brien. TERRIBLE SUFFERING AMONG THE LONDON POOR. The suffering m the East End from cold and starvation ia appalling. The relief afforded is quite inadequate. THE COLONIAL INSTITUTE. Lord Carrington reads a paper on " Australia " at the Colonial Institute. GERMAN ANNEXATION. Berlin, Jun. 5. Germany ' has annexed the Marshall Islands Group, north of the Equator, and lying east of the Caroline Islands.