CABLE NEWS.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 8532, 27 April 1895, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

(By Eleotrio Telagraph— Copyright.) (Per United tPress Association.) London, April 26. The West Australian Government ha» iisued a 3£ per cent, loan of three-quarters of a million with a minimum of 99. The prioe at whioh the loan is offered has surjrised the market The trwl of Oioar Wilde and Taylor has begun in Old Bailey. Mark Twain visits Australia at the ena of the year. The 'bus strike has ended, and the men are resuming work. Tho Queensland loan is quoted at 4J premium. Mr Peel, son of the ex-Speaker, has retired from tho contest for Warwick. The building strike was averted by the masters agreeine to arbitrate. It U expected tbe Budget will still farther remove tha duties in tha direction of a free breakfast table. Lord Koaebery has recovered front hie recent illnest. The average price of the Queensland loan waa 12s 6d above par. St. John's. April 26. Hia supporters axe urging Sir W. White way to abandon the idea of a union between Newfoundland and Canada. Washington, April 25. President Cleveland is fighting against the Silver Coinage Party, but has arranged for the coinage of .£250,000 worth. Tha Federal officials and a very large number of newspapers advocate a sound money policy. The Bepvblicans are agitating for the nomination of ex-President Harrison, who is in favour of the larger use of silver, ud fixing a basis to maintain equality, Madrid, April 26. , By means of trawling the sunken man-o'-war Beina Beg«nte has been found in a hundred fathoms of water, between Capes Tarif a and Trafalgar. CA?BTovf», April 26. Libert, the forger, has been aenteaced to seven years' hard labour. - Pabis, April 25. Many 'bus drivers are resuming.