LATEST CABLEGRAMS.

Tuapeka Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1889, 27 April 1892, Page 4

LATEST CABLEGRAMS.

Minor Anarchists outrages in Spain continue.

The stringency of the German laws against the Anarchists is being increased. News from .the West Coast ' of Africa states that 12,000 Dahomeyan troops are within a mile of Kotonou. They are armed with rifles and machine guns, and threaten both Grand Oporto and Porto Novo.

The French Government have decided to prosecute the Archbishop of Avignon and Bishops of Montpellier,. Nimeß, Valense, and Viviers for referring to' politics from their pulpits.

Nine persons were burnt to death in a fire which destroyed a house in St. Petersburg. It is feared that this does not represent the total number of deaths, as 15 more of the inmates are missing. Bishop Barry, in a letter to tbe " Guardian," condemns the revival of the Kanaka traffic, which, he Bays, is almost a slave trade. He alleges that it will inevitably injure missionary work in Kew Guinea. Queensland sought to obtain labour from India. The "Guardian" urges the Imperial Government to interfere.

The total quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 3,000 000 quarters, and for the Continent 1 ,296,000 quarters. The American visible wheat supply, is estimated at 56,400,000 bushels.

New Zealand long berried wheat is weaker at 393. Canterbury frozen mutton, 4| per 1b ; lamb 6d ; Wellington mutton, 4|d. New Zealand hemp quotations are unaltered. The potatoes ex Tainui, from New Zealand, have arrived in poor condition. ,At the wool sales crossbreds are improving.

Jaeger, who embezzled 2,000,000 marks from Mesßra Rothchild'a bank in Frankfort, has written from Dairoatadt confessing hia guilt and stating that he had decided to commit suicide.

The press generally appear delighted at the result of the Victorian elections. "The Times" considers that it shows the colony mil not favour violent changes or venturous policies. The "Standard" says the workmen did not vote with the demagogues, platform journalists, and union organisers. The '* Chronicle "considers the results a lesson to labour in England.

The Anti- Chinese Bill will not pass the TJni'ed States Congress this seaaion.

A committee, including Professor Newmaker, is forming an Antarctic expedition in Hamburg. DrMichaelson accompanies it as zoologist, add probably leads the expedition, which will be absent a year. It is expected to sail in January.

A report has reached London, but ha* not yet been confirmed, that the troops of Dahomey have captured Porto Novo.

The frosts in France have afivcted the vineyards of champagne, and the damage ia widespread.

Mooraund, Leader of the Norwegian Radicals, committed suicide within the precincts of Parliament house.

In the city of London the re3ult of the Victorian elections is regarded with satisfaction, and it is believed that it w-'U help the financial condition of the colony. The election of Sir Graham Berry (late A»ent-general for Victoria in London) is received with gratification. The " Pall Mall Gazette " reviewing the result, considers that it proves that the adoption of payment of members does not ensure the return of labor members to Parliament.

The detectives have admitted that Munoz was a spy on the action of the Anarchists, and that the plot for the destruction of the public buildings was concocted.

It is reported that the Maharajah of Sikkim, a feudatory state in the Himalayas, who has been opposing British advances, has fled and taken refuge in Thibetan territory.

M. Paderewiski, the eminent pianist, nas abondoned his proposed visit to Auattalia.

M. Loubet has caused the arrest of 51 Anarchists in Paris and 92 in the provinces simultaneously, and it is to be hoped that this desisive s'roke will paralyse the arrangements made for the demonstration on May Day.

The Journal " Pere Peinard " has been seized on account of articles appearing sympathising with the Anarchists.

The police have seized numerous papers in lodgings occupied by alleged Anarchists which disclose a plot to dynamite the public offices, including those occupied by the mayor, the commissariat, and also the church in Argenteuil. Thirty thousand copies of a violent placard, inciting to a revolt on May Day, were also seized.

The Momentary Conference will probably meet in Paris or Geneva in the summer.

The Manchester Courier positively declares that Prince George of Wales and Princess May are engaged, and that an announcement to that effect will be made shortly.

The Durham Miners' Federation have invited the masters to a confer ance to discuss matters in dispute. The engineers on the Tyne and Wear have returned to work on the masters' terms. The spinners are partially resuming work.

The " Economist" sees reason to reassure holders of colonial securities if the Governments refrain from early borrowing, and believeß that Mr Dtbbs' contemplated conversion of New South Wales stock had better be deferred until prices have sujs'antially risen.

The size of packages used in sending apples by the Tainui are not regular bushel cases. Fourteen hundred cases were sold at Convent Garden at 63 to 10a per case.

The wool market is firm, with a hardening tendency.

Virulent cholera has broken out in Benares, British Indies, and 130 deaths are recorded.

Grave fears are entertained as to the safety of the new Victorian torpedo boat which left London for Melbourne on December 12th, and has not been heard of since.

It is reported that the new Italian Cabinet will make large economies in the army, and evacuate the African settlements, except Massowah.

England accepts the proposal for a monetary conference in America if it is limited to the discussion of the enlarged use of silver, but not if free coinage is to be debated.

The Vossiche Zeitung declares that the action of Mr Stevenson, the novelist, in Samoa is politically designed to strengthen the English influence in Samoa, and it believeß a new coup is being prepared against Germany.