CABLE NEWS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4472, 17 July 1893, Page 3

CABLE NEWS.

British and Foreign, London, July H, ik In tlio nl Commons to-day, VM\lr Gladstone statnl that the GovernI Spent were waiting for an explanation tin; French Cioveniuient respecting France's altitude in Siiim. ill' A'exjnder Young has been appointed ollicial receiver for the Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Misstated that tho books of Meat's, Goldeborough Mort and Co., show that advances amounting to A'llo,ooo woro made aml amounts wero divided among 15] accounts.' Ten of the largest accounts average £H!),000. Tlio Government intend to appoint a Boyal Commission to enquire in o the financial rations LoUx'in England uud Ireland.

l'Ains. .My 1.1. The Siameso will not pemm. Fionch ships to enter (ho Mcnain Kiver, „m| aro preparing batteries lo sink them if they attempt to do so.

Sydney, July 11, Trpn.ond >us sensation was caused at Newcastle by an attempt yesterday to destroy the (.(earners Sydney and Bummiueel by means ol dynamic. The liremcn on both vesS2ls found dynamite cartridges in the stckelmlis, with burning fuses attached, The Sydney's firemen placed tho cartridge in a bucket of watt", but it exploded, swashing the bucket to atoms. No damage was done to the vessel. On board the Burrnmbeetitwas extinguished, aud prevented from exploding, The Government offer £250 reward for the discoviry of tho culprits. The Seamen's Union disclaims any connection with the dymimitc outrages at Newcastle. The ollicials connected will) both the companies inat the matter lightly. The vessels on which tlio enrtric'pes were found were manned by non-unionist crews.

StI'ktKKIIO, July M. A bundled diatbs from cholera liave been reported in Podolia, a government of Koutli north of Bessarabia, and south of Yolkyiiia, Jlkluouknkj July id. JuVniarkaM/ neb stone continues to come from the im limi at Wood'n Point. Four liundri'd irtniiidsof were obtained in time hours, ami it is expected to yiold oOozs of gold per huudred\vi'i«ht.

Sidney, July 11. The railway revenue lor the year shows a decrease of £190,000, but tinexpenditure has been reduced l>y .£175,000 compared with the prccedfcjtig year. fr Brisbane, July 15. The Sew Zealand footballers were, accorded an enthusiastic welcome. llelVrcnco was made to the noble assistant rendered to Queensland by New Zealand during the heavy Hoods Jiero.