NEWS OF THE WORLD.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 473, 28 June 1890, Page 2

NEWS OF THE WORLD.

[BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH —SPECIAL TO STANDARD.] BRITISH ANT FOREIGN. Lord Carnarvon is seriously ill. The New York Supreme Court has decided the sugar trust to be illegal. Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria has started on a secret visit to Vienna. London Unionists have decided to continue their support to the Government. Lord Balfour of Burleigh is spoken of as successor to Lord Carrington. The Tongariro reached Plymouth on Wednesday, from New Zealand. The Yorkshire team defeated the Australians by eight wickets. England refuses to consult the Heligoland people regarding the cession of that island to Germany’. The decline in wool is chiefly in second merinos,, which are 7% to 10 per cent, lower. Crossbreds are 5 to 10 per cent, lower. The President of San Salvador died at a banquet. During a subsequent panic the soldiers killed a General and other officers before order was restored. The debate in the Reichstag has been deferred until England has ratified the settlement of the African question. COLONIAL TELEGRAMS. AUCKLAND. Last night. Coastal steamers are being fitted with life-saving rafts, each of which will carry

fifteen persons. The Auckland carpenters have decided j that in a month from date wages shall be I increased to 8s per day. The Gordon Football Club visited 1 Kawakawa and defeated the players of that place by 18 to 6. The U.S.S. Monowai, which left today, took the following passengers for Gisborne—Miss Fox, Messrs . Barker, Karaitiana, Rutherford, Cunningham, Bourke, and Bloomfield. William Davis, halfcaste, was killed at Takabau by the accidental explosion of his gun, while shooting. William Brownett, laborer, was badly injured at Waiotahi creek, Thames, through stumbling over his crow bar, which penetrated his body, and eventually caused bis death. Mr Cheal, Government C.E., and his assistants, have been obstructed at Kerepehi, Piako, by native women, owing to land disputes. Informations have been laid against five of the women. Maize has fallen slightly, and is now quoted at 2s lod to 3s per bushel. It is expected there will be a fall in prices for kauri gum. The City Council have referred to the Finance Committee the question of discontinuing the maintenance of the Fire Brigade.

Samuel Cheekly, Mining Engineer, is missing at Kawakawa. It is believed he has been eaten by wild pigs. Mr Buckland reports —At Remuera yards there was no alteration in the price of fat cattle from last week ; best, selling at 163 per loolbs. Sheep were lower in value. A large number of pigs were yarded. Bacon pigs sold at an average of £1 each. Prices for rough pigs were nominal. SOUTHERN NEWS. Last night. The Dunedin Harbor Board intend selling their big dredge in Australia. The Wellington City Council intend raising a loan for the purchase of a new cemetery. The Dunedin Harbor Board are dredging a new straight channel in the lower harbor. The Wellington City Council are urging the extension of the Masterton Railway to the foot of Tory Street. The Wellington Land Board disposed of 19,294 acres of Crown Lands up to June 25th, for ,£16,046. Bessie Thompson, a young .servant girl at Outram, Dunedin, has been found drowned in a well.

Winter, an employee at the Atlas Flour Mill, Timaru, recovered £65 for loss of his thumb through an elevator accident. The railway returns for the month ended May 24th show a total revenue for the colony of £101,177 > expenditure, Z 53,784 12s nd. The per centage of revenue obtained is 52'50. In the divorce case of H. J. Newson v. James Stewart, co-respondent, at Invercargill, His Honor refused a decree owing to the absence of the petitioner, who, he said, had neglected his wife. He adjourned his decision to enable petitioner to attend. The railway delegates were entertained at a supper last night by tbe railway servants at Christchurch. There were present also representatives of the Wharf Laborers, Trades and Labor Council, and the Maritime Council.

Harris, barrister and solicitor at Havelock, charged with the issue of valueless cheques at Blenheim, has been remanded till Saturday.