TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS. LATER EDITION.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 4774, 14 October 1893, Page 5

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS. LATER EDITION.

IBT XLBOTMO TBLBBBAPB*— OOPYBIQBT.] LONDON, Oct. 13. Joe Chamberlain's Views. Mr Chamberlain expressed the opinion in a political address that it was now impossible for the Liberals and the Unionists to re-unite. He was certain that the Tories would return with such a majority after the next election that they would be enabled to act independently of the Irish Bection. A Resignation* Mr Barry, M;P. for "Wexford, has resigned. \ EOME, Oct. 13. Bpmantic Balloon Fatality. 'An Italian aeronaut and his bride attempted to cross the Alps, but the balooon collapsed. The man was ! killed and his bride injured. OTTAWA, Oct. 13. A Direct Steam Service. The Canadian Pacific Railway | Company is negotiating for a direct line of steamers between Halifax and England. PARIS, Oct. 13. France and Russia, There is great enthusiasm at Toulon over the Eussian fleet. Six vessels : arrived to-day. The Mayor has forbidden cries htflStile to other nations. CAPETOWN, Oct. 13. The South African Difficulty. Lobengula, with 5000 men is entrenched one hundred miles from Port Charter. A large force of Matabeles bars Commander Kafffc's advance from Tette. Numbers of the Matabele arehoveriDg around the Fort Victoria column. ' SYDNEY, Oct.£4. The New South Wales Budget. The following is a forecast of the Budget :— There will be no fresh taxation as the revenue shows an upward tendency, and the Treasurer will predict that the Colony has now turned the corner. The Port Darwin Telegraph. The Port Darwin line is interrupted. [A memorandum from the Telegraph department states that communication is interrupted north of Hawker. Cable traffic ib being forwarded via" Western Australia.] The San Francisco Mail. An amount of £4000 will be placed on the Estimates as a subsidy to the San Francisco mail service for another year. It is unlikely that any formal resolution -will be submitted as to the maintenance of the line. Measles. Two hundred deaths from measles occurred in the metropolitan area in September. The epidemic is now abating. MELBOURNE, Oct. 14. The Victorian Parliament. The session will close on November 3. BRISBANE, Oct. 14. Queensland Finance.. Government intend to issue J3630,000 worth of Treasury bills. .£290,000 will be \ devoted to making up the deficit, £190,000 to meeting calls imposed and releasing accounts in the suspended Banks, and ! £100,000 for loans authorised under the j Meat and Dairy Produce Act. PERTH, Oct. 14. The Western Australian Parliament. Parliament has been prorogued-.