NEWS OF THE WORLD.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 568, 10 February 1891, Page 3

NEWS OF THE WORLD.

[BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH —SPECIAL TO STANDARD.] BRITISH AND FOREIGN•Street fighting has taken place at Castro (a town in the south of Chili), numbers on both sides being killed. The insurgents are losing ground everywhere. The port of Iquique has been blockaded by insurgents, and the town will probably be bombarded. The New Zealand frozen mutton market is steady. Mutton has advanced Jsd per lb. The beef market remains unchanged. By an avalanche in a canton of Glarus, Switzerland, 22 persons were killed. Terrible floods have been experienced in ten districts in China, and thousands of people have been drowned. A serious rising has taken place in Old Servia, ar.d troops have been despatched to quell it. In consequence of the labor difficulty the South Wales colliery has stopped work. Three thousand coal heavers are idle at Cardiff, and they have asked the railway men to boycott goods carried for the Shipping Federation. Two thousand dock laborers have offered help to the Shipping Federation in loading and discharging vessels. The wool sales continue firm, and bidding is spirited. Foreign buyers have taken two-thirds of the number of bales sold. The Foreign Aftairs Committee of the Congress have passed a strong resolution ofsympathy with the Jews in Russia on account of the harsh treatment they are subjected to. Freights by steam cargo boats to New Zealand average 7s 6d per ton above those by sailing vessels, and the rate is meeting with a good deal of objection by shippers. The Pall Mall Gazette commends the action taken by Mr H. H. Champion (the English labor advocate) during the recent strike in the colonies, and declares that the events justified the statements made by him regarding it. The balance of the South Australian loan is being taken up freely. The Statist advocates that colonial loans should be underwritten and partially subscribed in the colonies : otherwise it states it will not be surprised to hear of their failing to float loans in London. Mr Parnell claims the right to the nomination of the majority of the candidates in Ireland at the general elections. Over fifty of the followers of Mr Gladstone who are dissatisfied with Mr Parnell fear that the latter’s retirement is a subterfuge, and will be only temporary. The polling for the Northampton seat, rendered vacant by the death ol Mr Bradlaugh, is fixed for February 32. Mr J. Morley has given notice to move next Thursday that the action of the Executive in arresting Members at Tipperary, violates the rights of Irish citizens. A report, which however lacks confirmation, is in circulation to the effect that France has agreed to buy Portugal’s rights in South Africa, and to abandon her claims on the Newfoundland fisheries, on condition that England admits the French Sovereign rights in Portuguese Africa.