NEWS OF THE WORLD.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 572, 19 February 1891, Page 2

NEWS OF THE WORLD.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH—SPECIAL TO STANDARD.]

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Canon Creighton is the new Bishop of Peterborough. Mr Charles Tupper says that the British Government regards the McKinley Act as intended to cripple Canada, and coerce it into annexation to the United States.

Mr Morley’s resolution censuring the Government for its action relative to the Tipperary arrests was defeated by 320 to 245 ’ Mr Justin McCarthy is seeking to secure control of the paper United Ireland, in which he holds shares.

An impression prevails in London that the Victorian Loan will be floated if the minimum is fixed at 97.

Mr Goschen hopes an agreement will ie arrived at on the currency question

vithout the interference of Parliament. The German Emperor disapproves of Bismarck’s attitude towards the Government, and says it will damage his pres•'Se' . .

It is reported in New York that an in iurrection has broken out in Bolivia.

Sir Chas. Dilke, in a lecture at Brussels, said the hostility to the Chinese in Australia would compel Great Britain to renounce her treaty obligations.

Good quality wool is firm, but medium and inferior sorts are irregular. The ship Labussa, bound from Hamburg to Valparaiso, was run down at sea ; nineteen of the crew were drowned. While a clerk of the Bank of Scotland was collecting a cheque at the National Provincial Bank of England a thief stole his satchel, containing in notes, and escaped. The man who was arrested in connection with the recent Whitechapel murder is a fireman named Saddler. He admits having had a dispute with the murdered woman, whose name is Frances Coles. The evidence strongly points to him as the actual murderer in this instance, but there is nothing to indicate that he is Jack the Ripper. The Shipping Federation has issued a manifesto refusing to employ Unionists unless they pledge, themselves to work with free laborers. They insist on the right of the men to sign on board ship, or at mercantile offices.

The dockers have virtually agreed to the Federation terms, but some difficulty is expected-with the fighting section. The Cardiff strikers have opened negotiations for a settlement. Mr Mann, speaking at Cardiff, asserted that if the Shipping Federation continues coercion al! Unions in the country will unite in a strike. The Thames lightermen have struck work in sympathy with the other waterside Unions. The Unionist leaders assert that the Australian Unions are prepared to block the Federation-owned ships on their arrival in Australia.

AUSTRALIAN.

An uneasy feeling prevails among the residents of Barcaldine and Clermont, owing to the proportions assumed by the shearers’ difficulty, and Government has issued orders for the employment of a number of special constables. This, however, will not prove an easy task, as many of the settlers sympathise with the stand taken up by Unionists. The police force has been strengthened, and supplied with Martini-Henry rifles. Excited meetings of shearers have been held at various centres, several of the speakers urging the Unionists to destroy stock and bum stations on which free shearers are employed. The kidnapping of some of the free shearers employed was also advocated at some of the meetings. Unionists have bought up all the ammunition in Barcaldine, but the authorities have expressed their determination to preserve order at any cost. . Owing to the action of the _ Union shearers, the squatters are arming the free laborers in their employ.

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

SOUTHERN NEWS. Last night. Mr Bunny’s lite was insured for £2OOO, but tho policies had been allowed to lapse. Telegrams from Rotorua state that some uneasiness was caused by eighteen ehoeks of earthquake on Tuesday morning. Speaking at Hawera the Hon. Mr Seddon said the policy of tho present Government could be summed up in two words, economy and progress. They advocated making roads to open up lands. As to acquiring large estates, Government would do nothing of a revolutionary character, but they saw no reason why such land should not be taken for settlement, if the public interest required, on payment of compensation. As to the surplus all outstanding debts had not been taken into account by the late Premier; in one Department £ll,OOO had turned up, in another £lB,OOO, and he believed the surplus would be found a myth at the end of March, Mr Bryce had said he believed Government did intend to borrow in the country ; the latter, he contended, wished all borrowing to oease. It was a dangerous practice to draw a permanent loan from Trust funds. Mr Sadiion denied it was a correct inference that they intended to borrow in the country. They could not afford the interest which would be required. It was not for him, however, to eay by what means they intended to carry on works ; personally he was against further borrowing al all'. The final result of the Egmont election is as follows: McGuire (Gov.), 986; Brace (Opposition), 913—majority for McGuire, 73. At Wanganui Alfred Neal, aged 17, son of Major Neal, was found dead in his bed at 6.30 this morning, at Murray's farm, Westmere, He retired last' night in his usual health.