NEWS OF THE WORLD.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 615, 2 June 1891, Page 2

NEWS OF THE WORLD.

[Special to the Standard.] BRITISH AND FOREIGN. CORN DUTIES. The high corn duties in Northern Germany have had the effect of forcing the price ot bread up to famine rates. DEFEATED STRIKERS. The strike of cokemen at Scottdale, Pittsburgh, has collapsed, and those who went out are in a terribly distressed condition. THE POOR TOILERS. The tenants at Old Tipperary, who were evicted for not paying their rent, have accepted the terms of the landlords and returned to their houses. COMMERCIAL. Per N.Z. L. and M. A. Co., May 29 : — Tallow : Finemutton tallow'isdullofsaleat 28s per cwt. ; other quotations unchanged since last telegram. Frozen meat : Mutton market unchanged; lamb market weaker, prime N.Z. lambs are worth 5d per pound per carcase ; beef market quiet, forequarters are worth 3%d per pound ; other quotations unchanged since last telegram. EDISON’S WONDERS. Experiments have been made with Edison’s latest invention the “ Kinetograph,” combining the phonograph with photography, and the results obtained have been marvellous. TRIPLE ALLIANCE. The Marquis Di Rudini, the Italian Premier, has informed both the German and Austrian Governments that it is the intention of Italy to renew the Triple Alliance. AFRICAN BOUNDARIES. 1 he Governor of Mozambique and the British Admiral on the East African station will deliminate the frontier of Massi Kesse. OUR WARSHIPS. H.M. ships Ringatooma and Tauranga, two of the new cruisers for Australia, have left Malta for their colonial stations, and the third, the Katoomba, has arrived at Malta en route. THE CANADIAN G.O.M. Sir J. MacDonald, Premier of Canada, is paralysed. It is believed that Sir J. S. D. Thompson, Minister of Justice, will reconstruct the Cabinet. BUSINESS V. RED TAPE. The Admiralty is negotiating with the Orient Steamship Company for the manning and working of the Indian troopships. UNITED STATES. A son of President Harrison states that his father will decline to seek re-election to the Presidency. ANOTHER HOME RULE WIN.

The election for the vacant seat in the House of Commons, rendered necessary by the expulsion of Captain Verney, resulted in the return of a Home Rule can* didate, FOREIGN PAUPERS. In the House of Commons, Mr W. H. Smith said that the Government would consider the necessity of placing some restriction on the influx of destitute foreigners into Great Britain. GOOD NEWS. The Financial News considers that the failure of the Queensland loan was. solely due to the reluctance of English capitalists to encourage further borrowing. CODDLING A BRITISHER. Captain Kane, of H.M.S, Calliope, has been created a Companion of the Order of the Bath.. ASHORE IN THE CANAL. The P. and O. steamer Arcades is ashore in the Suez Canal, but in such a position that traffic is not interrupted. The vessel will have to be lightened, and a portion of her cargo is being discharged. BIRTHDAY HONORS. Among the Birthday honors Judge Windeyer and the Hon. Julian T. Salmon, Q.C., of New South Wales, have been knighted, and the Hon. John Forrest, Premier of Western Anstralia, has been created K.C.M.G. FLOATING LOANS. The Economist states that if the colonies wish to depend on the public for floating their loans the present system of inviting tenders must be abandoned. THE WAY OF ALL FLESH. The Earl of Clancarty is dead. His son William Frederick, Viscount Dunlo (who married Bella Bilton, a burlesque actress), succeeds to the title, FISHERIES. In the House of Commons Mr W. H. Smith announced his intention of introducing a Bill, suspending the British sealers from carrying out their calling in the Behring Sea, for a term of one year. The French Admiral i$ forcing the exclusive claims of the French fishermen to all fish in George’s Bay, and his action is causing much excitement amongst the English residents. CHILI WAR. The Chilian insurgents threaten to bombard Valparaiso, but it is expected that the United States, Great Simian, and other Powers will prevent it. It is reported that the Chilian rebel steamer Itata, after which the United States cruiser had a fruitless chase, is making a voyage to Melbourne. A TERRIFIED MONARCH. A mine is reported to frayg been discovered leading across the road glons which the Czar would proceed to tfre French Exhibition ; also a second mine under the railway line. Extraordinary precautions have now been taken, even the triumphal arches being stripped in search of explosives,