CABLE NEWS.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XIX, Issue 1810, 22 March 1886, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

GREECE STILL ARMING. THE SPLIT IN THE GLADSTONE CABINET. ANOTHER COLLIERY DISASTER. ADDITIONS TO THE ENGLISH NAVY. SOCIALIST RIOTS AT LIEGE. London, March 18. In the ease Ealkenbach & Schmitz, agents for Gear Meat Company, Wellington, t. Shaw, Savill & Co., to recover damages in connection with the cargo of frozen meat sent from Wellington by the steamer Florida, and damaged on voyage, a verdict was given for plaintiffs. Greece is embodying two more classes of reserve troops. Mr Chamberlain and Mr Trevelyan, who have given notice of their intention to resign office on account of differences of opinion with regard to the Irish policy of the Government, will have an interview with Mr Gladstone today. It is unlikely, however, that any agreement obviating their resigna- ! tion will be arrived at. I March 19. I In the House of Commons last night, Mr J. i T.Hibbert, Under-Secretary tc the Admiralty, I in moving the estimates, announced that ! twenty armoured and twenty-five nnarmored i vessels and fifty-four torpedo boats were in I course of construction for the British navy. I The relations between France and Germany I are strained. j Bbdssils, March 19. Serious rioting occurred at Liege yesterday | on the occasion of a demonstration by Socialist agitators and unemployed laborers. A large number of windows were smashed, . and shops were sacked and pillaged of their ! contents. A large force of gendarmerie enj deavoured to quell the outbreak, and charged | the mob several times, eventually cowing | the rioters and making over a hundred j arrests. The amount of damage done cannot | yet be estimated, but it is known to be ! immense. Madbiba, March 19. i The New Zealand Shipping Co’s R.M.S. i Ksikoura, from Wellington (lltb February), left to-day for Plymouth. I The same Company’s R.M.S. Ruapehu left ! here yesterday for New Zealand, via the Capa. I Melbourne, March 18. A number of Ministers of the Presbyterian Church waited upou the Premier, Mr Gillies, to-day, with referenoa to the probable annexation of tbe New Bebridea by France, and the deportation of reoidivistea to tbe Pacific Islands. Mr Gilliea promised to urge upon the Imperial Government the desirableness of Great Britain annexing tbe New Hebridaa, or to prevent French annexation of the group. Tbe Premier informed the deputation that a telegram had been despatched to London enquiring if there was any truth in ilu rumor that a thousand convicts were to be transported to New Caledonia this yeer. Sydney. March 19. Another fatal colliery accident is reported from Newcastle, the workings of the Ferndale pit being flooded yesterday. One man is known to have been drowned, and another is missiog. March 19. Advices from Newcastle slate that the Fern.isle Colliery Company's mine is utterly ruined. It is estimated that the loss, in consequence of the flooding of the pit, will amount to fully £80,(t00. Up to the present time, 5 pm., the missing man has not been recovered. New Zealand wheat has advanced 21 per bushel since last report, and is now worth 3s lid ; New Zealand oats Id higher, 2s 4d ; maize, per 561bs, remains at 8s 9J. Adelaide, March 19. Shipping wheat meets with a steady demand, but without much activity; prices range from 4s 2d to 4s 4d per bushel. Adelaide town flour is worth £9 os to £9 10s per too, while country brands are quoted at £Blsa to £9.