NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3957, 6 November 1891, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

ENdLISH

London, November 8

London actors and theatrical managora will present H.R.11 the Prince of Walea with a gold cigar book of tlm value of £IOOO on the occasion of his fiftieth birthday. The World states that Lord George Hamilton, First Lord of the Admiralty, will succeed the Marquis of Landsdowne as Viceroy and GovernorGeneral of India.

At a meeting of the Colonial Institute in December, Sir E. C. N. Braddon, Agent-General ior Tasmania, will read a paper, in which he will defend Australia and its people from the attacks which have been made on them in articles appearing in leading English newspapers and Magazines. At the municipal elections in England, the Liberals gained 69 seats, the Tories 51, the Unionists 6, and the Labour Party 3.

The latest returns show that in the municipal elections the Liberals have secured 79 seats, the Tories 48, and the Labour Party 12. The Daily News points out that the Liberals make a clear gain of 59 seats, and is very jubilant at the result.

November 4

The Central Chamber of Agriculture has adopted the report of the committee in favour of selling grain by weight instead of measure. The Daily Chronicle says that Mr Gladstone's chances of proving victorious at the forthcoming general election have not improved of late. The report that the Eight Hon. A W. Peel, Speaker of the House of Commons, is about to retire to the House of Lords is denied. The Committee o f the London County Council recommend th t taxes be equally divided between owners and occupiers of property. The Times, referring to the Coraaiittee's report, says that the new system will be operative only until the next revision of leases. The Russian Government proposes to reduce the quantity of rations supplied to prisoners, and to give the surplus to the starving peasants.

maimr. Washington, November 3. Mr Bhine has expressed his disapproval of the desire evinced by Mr Patrick Egan, United states Minister in Chili, to hasten a conflict between the two countries.

The Hon B. F. Tracy, Secretary of the Navy, has received a cable message from the officer commanding the American Squadron on the Chilian station, stating that he has ascertained that it was Chilian Police who killed the sailors belonging to tho United States cruiser Baltimore, and that they dragged the wounded seamen to prison. The communication gues on to Bay that the authorities in Valparaiso endeavoured to conduct an enquiry into the circumstances of the outrage in secret.

A complaint having been lodged that Mr Egan had exceeded his instructions regarding the matter, Mr Blaine has culled upon him to reply to the accusation.

Valparaiso, November 3

A report is again in circulation that Bnlmaceda did not commit suicide, but escaped from the country disguised as a drunken sailor. The Chilians have offered tho Presidency to Senor MonthjPresident of the Junta. 9

Hongkong, November 8

Mandarines of Tchang resent the action of the British authorities in sending a steamer with troops to the scene of tho recent riots. The alarm felt in the centres where the disturbances took ploco has abated.

November 4.

Native Christinns in Hunan Province have been threatened with expulsion.

November 5.

Thirteen hundred houses in Hankow have been destroyed by fire, and ten thousand personF rendered homeless.

New York, November 3

The President and two of the directors of Maverick's National Bank, which suspended payment yesterday, have been arretted on warrants charging (hem with embezzling half a million of money belouging to the bunk. November 4. Major McKinley has been elected Governor of Ohio.

Seventeen miners have been killed by falling down the shaft of the Anaconda Mine, in Montana. *~ Washington, November 4.

.The elections in several of the State 3 (ire proceeding, and appearances so for indicate thai; the Democratic Party will gain the victory in New York and Masinchussets.

Paris, November 3

Madame Melba has retained Sir Charles Russell, Q.C, to oppose the application of her husband for a divorce.

Lady Lytton, and Lady De Grey, and other notables have called on Madame Melba and expressed their belief in her innocence.

Mr J. C. Williamson, of Melbourne, offered *he Australian singer £6OO a Ti'ght for a professional tour through Australia, extending over thirty nights. The engagement was to be filled in May, 1893, but Madame Melba replied that she could not accept the offer at present. Sx Petersburg, November 3.

An epidemic of typhus fever is raging in Kasau, ono ot the famine stricken districts in Southern Russia. Rome, November 4.

The Peace Congress has commenced its sittings. One hundred' foreign delegates are present.

The drath is announced of His Highness Prince Louis-Lucien Bonaparte, the fourth son of Lucien Bonaparte, Prince of Canino, and brother of the Emperor Napoleon, retat 78.