NEWS OF THE WORLD.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 565, 3 February 1891, Page 3

NEWS OF THE WORLD.

[BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH —SPECIAL TO STANDARD.] BRITISH AXD FOREIGNMessonier, the painter is dead. Prize fighting has been made a felony in Texas. The Governor of Gibraltar, Sir A. E. Hardinge, is dead. Mr Bradlaugh, who has been ailing for a long time past, is dead. It is reported that the Ameer of Afghanistan is dead. It is reported that Iqueque has been recaptured from the insurgents. Large alluvial gold discoveries have been made in Mashonaland. General Booth expects to be able to start in July for Africa, India, and Australia. There has been a great massacre of troops in the Caroline islands, through an ambuscade. - The Caledonian Railway Company’s employees have accepted similar terms to the North British men. Mr Blaine denies the reported negotiation for a renewal of reciprocal trade relations with Canada. The Parliament of Argentine has decided to place a 2 per cent, tax on bank deposits, and 10 percent, on bank profits. A gentleman named Fleming, while congratulatiug the Salvation Army, to which he had subscribed £lOOO, suddenly expired. The Italian Government have decided to resign because the House refused to agree to proposals for an increase of duties on spirits. In the Duncan-Knowles divorce case appeal the damages were reduced from £lO,OOO to £6,500 on condition that payment was made by Duncan within a month. , Mr Champion compares the Australian unionists to an army of lions led by asses, who bad caused the nearly achieved federation of Labor to be thrown back for ten years. Despatches from Lisbon announce a rebellion, in which the town hall was seized, but ammunition failing, the rebels had to surrender. Fifty persons were killed in the encounters.

The leaders of the Liberal party are not opposed to the issue of one-pound bank notes, but the joint stock and private banks obfecttothe proposal on the ground that it will compel them to hold larger reserves. The Supreme Council of the Colonial Institute has recommended the recognition ofCoionisingTrading Companies, but rendering them directly responsible to some Government. At the wool sales crossbreds were per lb,, and good combing merinos slightly dearer, as compared with prices at the December series. Medium and inferior merinos were quoted at the same price as last sales. Mr Fitzgerald, the Australian labor delegate, has succeeded in getting an interview with Mr Gladstone. The latter disagreed with the supposition that legislation is capable of settling disputes between capital and labor. He preferred judicious combinations. Mr Gladstone empowered Mr Fitzgerald to convey his greetings to the labor societies of Australia. Mrs O’Shea is ill.

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS. AUCKLAND. Last night. Mr Alien's election for Te Aroha is void because ot his absence from a whole session Withou' getting leave of absence. The Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin eompe’itora for the championship athletic meeting on Friday and Saturday have arrived. Government have decided to grant £260 towards a road from Puhipuhi goldfield to Whangarei. There is a marked improvement in the appearance and health of Sir George Grey, who left for Rotorua and Taupo to-day. It is expected that Sir Maurice O’Rorke will be one of the Commissioners on the new Board to investigate the Hospital charges. The Admiral has written to the Mayor that he leaves Hobart, for Auckland, in H.M S. Orlando on the 19th inst. The Auckland Gas Company’s report showed that the cost of coal during the strike increased by £2,666, and the usual dividend was not carried by a sum of nearly £2OOO.

There has been a good rise in Kuaotunu stock, in consequence of the Try Fluke getting gold in the lower level. Try Flukes sold to-day at 8s 6d. The mail steamer Mariposa arrived today from San Francisco. WAIROA.

Last night. Mr Thos. Carroll's woolshed at Hurumua " Was burned down last Friday evening. No one was about at the time of the fire, but about two hours before two men in Mr Carroll's emp’oy had been there tidying up. The building was comparatively new, built about three years ago, at a cost of over £2OO. It was insured for £l5O. The fences to the ad joining yards were also considerably burnt. The shed contained- 29 bales of wool (believed to be insured), sheep dip, a speedy press, and other fixings. Everything wss consumed. i • ... .

inconvenience was caused by the steamer Te Kapa not arriving to-day. She Could have got in yesterday or on Saturday (the date advertised for her return to Wairqa) without trouble. ■'The' Wairoa annual ‘paces are postponed Iphe date will be fixed to-morrow. SOUTHERN NEWS. Last night. Parliament baa been prorogued till Feb. 26th, but will not meet till tha end of May. A Ctrl which has been pricked in relation to the question of abolishing party government shows 51 members of the present Parliament willing to have a committee appointed to examine into the question. The Hlnemoa is expected st Bluff tomorrow, wiih news from' the McQuarries. The Kakauni is now away 39 days, and the Hinemoa nine. The Survey Department intend to survey 10,000 seres al Mimi, Tarepaki, and the land si-1 be let in the course of a few months. The coal export from Westport last week Wk's 5973 tone. This is the largest weekly output up to the present, the previous record being 5800, At Dunedin a verdict of manslaughter was returned against Ab Yaw for causing the death ot W«i. Gray by injuries received in an the petition cf Mr McGregor the Judges have sustained the election of Mr Joyce for Akaroa, The Southland Frozen Meat Company pay a dividend of § per cent, absorbing i&MCO, and carry forward nearly £3OOO. Nearly 60 000 cheep end lambs were frozen during the year. They despatched seven Shipments, and eculd have eent more but the ssarcity tf tonnage end coal during the ?tijke ;ntei(efed to some extent,