CABLE NEWS.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11932, 19 February 1894, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

♦ [By Elhctrio Tel-eoraph— Coptbioht.] (Per Press Association.) London, February 16. The Colonial Acts Conformation Bill was road a second time in tho House of Commons. The House disagrees with most of the Lords amendments in the Parish Councils Bill, and a number) of Unionists are supporting the Government, The Unionist press denounce the Home Secretary for refusing to prosecute Williams for his violent language at Tower Hill, on the ground that he i» an insignificant agitator. Paws, February 16. The Minister of Agriculture advocates I two francs additional duty on corn instead of eight. Mr Sandford Fleming, replying to strictures upon the Pacific cable proposals, accuses Mr Kidd, PostmasterGeneral for New South Wales, of being tho only man in Australia opposed to the scheme, Tho London manager of the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney_ will read a paper on the banking crisis in Australia, before the Bankers' Institute, in March. Washington, February 16. Sonator Brice urges the Finance Committee to impose a duty on wcol. The lion tamer Thiermn, who was worriod at San Francisco, is dead. Capetown, February 15. Enquiry has been ordered iuto Commander Kaaf's death, owing to rumours that he was murdered. Cairo, February 16. Tho newspapers state that Rian Pasha tho Egyptian Premier, threatens to resign, owing to the Khedives refusal to dismiss four palace officials.