LATER.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXII, Issue 11401, 13 May 1889, Page 2

LATER.

THE VANCOUVER - AUSTRALIAN . MAIL CONTRACT. , DEATH OF I! AN OLD AND REi SPECTED CATHOLIC PRIEST. THE SAMOAN QUESTION. INCREASE OF CRIME .IN FRANCE. j THE BOULANGER INQUIRY. THE GENERAL to s'b 'PROSECUTED \ SHAW-SAVILL'S NEW STEAMER. : WESTERN AUSTRALIA. BARONESS COUTTS BANQUETS .BOULANGE]?. . THE PARIS EXHIBITION— A BAN•j QUET.., ( . Stanley's movements. Expected in London shortly. : (Received May 12, 7 p.m.) . \ Ottawa, May 11. ■ The Parliament pfjthe cDjominiqir have limited 'stfie. •Vahcduver-Austr.ajian infiil contract to ton years. An amendment nioved by Mr Laurells, to the offect that •the advantage to be derived from this service did not justify the amount to be pattlj:a# a subsidy; ■ was rejected by{, i|£ 'majority of 22. The voting was — for the payment of the subsidy, 77 j against, 55. New York, May 11. News has been received from Honolulu 'of the death of Father Damien. The -rev. gentleman was highly respected, and ,his ' death .has occasioned .deep rogte.fc. throughout the city, and also in London. Berlin, May 11. i ,The Zeitnng, in •an i article on Samoan affairs, suggests that America Bhould abandon Pagopago Harbour, and convert 'S'uwarrow Island, on which the British flag was recontld hoistod, into a coaling station. The paper declares that the Samoan Conference is arranging for the .appointment of j an; adyiser;to. the Bjing/bf Samoa, to represent' each power,' and tho term of office of each to bo for one fear. Paris, May 11. ; < i During the year 1888 there wero 1628 criminals 'eligible for transportation to tho French penal settlements. Tho 1 officials admit that the character of the Recidivistes is becoming worse. :The Austrian .and, French , Govern-, mients have agreed to bo officially represented at the International Labor Protection Congress, to be hold in Berne next September. ' . ■ ;'/. !It is believed that the Committee of tho Senate appointed to enquire into the charges against Genoralßoulangor have tinanimously decided that he should bo prosecuted. . :Sir^F. pillbtf'Bell and; Sir :Wi\L.i Buller were 'among 4 those present at'.tno banquet given in the Exhibition Build(ings by Sir Polydore Do Keysor to the Lord Mayor of Paris. Lomdon, May 11. The-Shaw, Savill and Albion Com> pany's new steamer, Marmari has been launched. ' fThe Economist urges that the colony of Western Australia should be strictly -limited to its present .c.ontres ef populalation, and it would then probably not exceed the area of Victoria. ,<! General. Boulatigeri has 'been; 'enter-; .t&fnod at a banquet given by the Baroness Burdott-Coutts-Bartlett. ' , Brussels, May 11. It is reported in this city. that, .new^ q£ Stanloy-'s movements has ib'een and that he is nearing Zanzibar, and also that he is expected to reach London in about throe months. ' ; ••'!'■; ' CamuTtX, May ll. T - ' j The British expedition against Karins ) has ■ been ' successful. I Over ! 15b • 'of : the' enemy were killed. The theory- at' first sot upv that"D* Cronin, a friend of Major Lecarons, had been' ■' murdered' 1 at ■ 'Chicago; • has been' abandoned. r '. -_i : L: " .;. ■ • I " j