CABLE NEWS.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11901, 8 December 1893, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

— -» — [By Electric Telegraph— Copyright. ] (Per Press Association.) Rio db Janieuo, December 4. Admiral di Mello asserts that ho merely desires to get rid of President ' Peixoto'e dictatorship, and does not do- ' eire to restore the monarchy. Washington, December 4. President Cleveland's message to Con- ) gress advocates the holding of a fresh International Conference on the subject of coinage. St Petersburg, December 4. Some Moscow monks have robbed a monastery of sacred vessels and valuables of the value of £150,000. London, December 4. The Daily Telegraph states that in the event of an outbreak of hostilities in the Balkans it would be impossible to localise it, and the danger is daily increasing. December 6. Madame Melba's debut at Now York as " Lucia " was a great triumph. It is reported that Mr. Gladstone ia engaged in translating the whole of the works of Horace. His studies occupy some hours daily, The Christian Brothers in Ireland decline to adopt compulsory attennance of pupils, on the ground that their schools are not endowed by the State. In the House of Commons, Mr Sexton and his colleagues oppose the Government compelling tho Brothers to compiy with the Act. The amount of wheat and flour afloat for Great Britain is 2,003,000 quarters; for the. continent, 1,106,000. IjOndoe, December 6. Shares in the New Zealand Shipping Co. £2 10s; Union, Steam Shipping Co., £8 Ifia. Paris, December 4. M. Etienne, formerly a Cabinet Minister, contends that the continued enlargement of the French army compelled the Czar to take notice of the country, and to see that he could not afford to neglect an alliance longer. December 5. In the Chamber of Deputies, a Bill to prochim a goneral annesty to suspected Anarchists was thrown out by a mnjority of 31 votes, the Government opposing the measure. Shortly before the division was taken, a scene for which the Boulangits were responsible occurod in the Chamber. Capetown. December 6. News from Matabeleland states that Lobengula has nelced Major Adams to stop Major Forbes' pursuit of him so as to enable him to return to Buluwayo, and arrange ttrms of peace. Major Adams does not beiieve Lobengula is sincere in his request.