CABLE NEWS. ENGLISH AND FOREIGN.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 7623, 20 January 1892, Page 2

CABLE NEWS. ENGLISH AND FOREIGN.

(By Electric Telegraph — Copyright.) (Per United Press Association.) London, January 19. It is oflicially announced that Sir Henry Wolff, Britiah Minister at Teheran, has been appointed to succeed Sir P. 0. Ford, lato of Madrid, who his been transferred to Constantinople. The s.s.Mamari from Auckland has arrivedHer bows were Btovo in by a collision, and a pjetion of her cargo damaged. The (Standard, in disclosing the English roport on cool, etutes that the high rate of wages paid to minors in Australia prevents serious competition on the part of New South Wales with English mines. A fire broke out in a collievy at Beiilliston (Glasgow), and it is rrpoited that 100 miners are ectomlnro Sir Edwin Arnold, who lias b^cu suffering from inlluenz-i and pneumonin is recovering. Obituaries — Hon. Algernon Tollcmacho formerly ot Wellington (Now Zealand), and Mr Benjamin Scott, F.R.A.S., Chamberlain of London. Both had suffered from influenza. Thousands of persons have viowod the body of Cardinal Manning, which is lying in state. The burial will take place lit Kongo! Green on Thursday. During his present \iait lo Monnto, Mr Wolls, tho " lucky " gambler, ima lost £4000 already, but notwithstanding this run of ill-fortune ho is persevering in his plau. ] he Liiboiir Unions Imtc passed resolutions regretting tho Cardinal's death. IvConaignov Gilbort Virtue, and Bishop Bagshawe, of Nottingham, are olbo mentioned as likely to succeed the lato Cardinal Manning. Influenza continues severe both in Ger many and Great Britain, and thousands of cases aro reported in Croydon. It is also spreading in France. The Standard bays that Chinese coal wil shortly monopolise the Eastern markets. It is rumoured that Sir Evelyn Baring British Minister at Cairo, will be raised to the peerage. The Press generally recommead the Government to appoint a Royal Commission to enquire into tho best means of arreiting the influenza epidemic. A number of men engaged in the construction of the now warship at Uheernesa are being increased, and an order has baen issued to tho offect that ovortime is to be worked until tho vessels aro ready for sea. It is rumoured that Sir J. Gcrst, Financial Secretary to the Troasuiv, Hill be appointod adviser to the new Khedive. Tho Socialists announce that they will hold a great free speech gathering at Waieal flhorlly. John Burns and other leading Socialists strongly oppose the step. Pabis, January 19. Switzerland, Austria, Holland, and Por. tugal are opposed to tho French minimum tariff. The Gauloia describes tho lute Cardinal Manning as a fearless upholder of the new Socialism. L'flataffetto considers he was tho best expounder of universal Catholicism. Bomb, Janunary 19. Madame Melba is singing at Palermo, where she met with an enthusiastic reception, TANGIEBS, Junu iry 19. The tribal revolt in Morocco is extending. OITAWA, January 19. Tho Toronto Globe has apologised for tho statement that Baroness Macdonald had been implicated in wrongful land speculations. Cairo, January 19. The Khodive, oscorted by British warships, has reached Alexandria, where he was received with enthusiasm. After assuming the crown ho will pay a visit to the Sultan. Mexico, January 19. The rebel Goneral Garza has fortified Ascension, whero he awaits attack by the Government troops.