NEWS OF THE WORLD.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume V, Issue 640, 30 July 1891, Page 2

NEWS OF THE WORLD.

By Electric Telegraph.] [Special to the Standard.] BRITISH AND FOREIGN. Bishop Selwyn has sailed for England. General Booth will arrive in Melbourne in September. The prospects of the English hop crop are excellent. The railway men in London are agitating for shortened hours. The premium of gold in the Argentine Republic is 405 per cent. The death is announced of King Pomare, of Tahiti. Mr Stanley has fractured his ankle, not his thigh as previously mentioned. The French Budget Committee has adopted a scheme for doubling the strength of the navy. The Union Bank of Australia has declared a dividend of 14 per cent. Cholera is still increasing in Mecca. The deaths exceed 400 daily. The death is announced of Sir W. B. Foster, M.P. for Ilkeston. The Russian Government will further consider the question of checking speculation in wheat. The adoption of the eight hours 'system on the English railways would cost eight millions a year. By a fire at Dallas, Texas, 500 barrels of whisky were destroyed. The damage is estimated at half a million dollars. Eleven thousand acres of land have been purchased near Essex, in Hungary, for the purpose of establishing a colony of Russian Jews. Rain in the north-west provinces has averted a famine, but throughout India generally there is a great scarcity of rain. The Indian Government has granted a sum of /10,000 for relief purposes. Henry John Atkinson, M.P., has been suspended for writing insulting letters to the Speaker of the House of Commons, accusing him of altering the terms of his questions. Serious riots have taken place at Toronto between 30,000 Orangemen and Catholics. The wildest confusion ensued, but ultimately the police succeeded in restoring order, and arresting the leaders. The shareholders of the National Bank have confirmed the resolution passed at the recent meeting. The proposals for reconstruction have been delayed for three months owing to legal formalities. The Queen has invited the French fleet to visit Portsmouth On August 20. when the Czar and Czarina are expected. She proposes to pay a visit of inspection to the fleet herself if the invitation is accepted. The Behring Sea is blocked by five warships belonging to the United States and two British gunboats. Two sealers were seized. Another was captured after being fired on. Sealers are hunting along the Russian shore, and defying the authorities.

The Zone railway system has been tested on the Austrian-Hungarian railway. From August to December, both inclusive, in Hungary the passenger returns showed an increase of 139 per cent and the receipts 21 per cent. In Austria the passenger returns were not so great, being 44 per cent, while the receipts were slightly less. When the Czar visited the fleet at Cronstadt the Marseilles was frequently sung by the Russians, the air being set to words of welcome. Preparations had been made to signalise the visit by a great anti-German demonstration, but it was thwarted by the Czar’s orders.

A FRIGHTFUL COLLISION. SIXTY PEOPLE KILLED AND MANY INJURED. An excursion and goods train came into collision at St. Maud, near Paris. The carriages caught fire, and a frightful scene ensued. Sixty people were killed outright in the collision. Several others, who were unable to extricate themselves from the ruins were caught by the flames and burnt to death. Many charred remains, quite unrecognisable, have been recovered from the debris. A few of those on the train were drowned by being thrown into the river. NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS AUCKLAND Last night The ship Piako has arrived fr>m LandonMr Davidson, chief officer, had his leg broken while the vessel was Doming in the harbor. At the present time 250 men and woman are exclusively engaged in the Salvation Army operations in the colony. Seventy separate corps or stations are worked by them. It is feared that ths Bay of Is’anda C al Company will have to cease operations unless farther deposits of Coal are found, and to assist prospecting, it is proposed by the settlers to guarantee to raise £3OO to further explore, the Company contributing £3OO, and Government £6OO, in all £l2OO. The Auckland Gas Company pay a dlvi dend of 7s fid on fully paid up shares, and 3s 0d on partly paid up shares, leaving a balance to be carried forward for the halfyear of £2,270. NAPIER.

Last night. Mr Harry Williams, second son of Mr Henry Williams, ironmonger, died last night at his father's residence, Asbridgc, near Taradale. About three years ago deceased was attacked with consumption, the result of a neglected cold, He visited England, where he was attended by an eminent physician. He returned to Napier some time ago, but seemed to get worse, and soon became unable to leave his father’s house, His end, however, came rather unexpectedly at about 11 o’clock last flight. Deceased was formerly an active momber of the F Battery of Artillery, and "was a good shot, His life was insured in the Government department in 1887, for £lOOO. The Telegraph to-night mentions the sudden departure of a well-known agent from Gisborne, but doos not give the name.

SOUTHERN NEWS. Last night. The Rotokino left Wellington at mid. night for Sydney, via Pioton, with 50 more shearers aboard. The Rev. J. Still,incumbent of St. Paul's, Wellington, has resigned. Ho leaves in October for England, where he has been offered a see by the Bishop of Salisbury. The R.M.S. Coptic has arrived at Wellington. She left Plymouth on June 13, Teneriffe on June 18, Capetown on July 5, and Hobart on Friday last. Jit was a smooth passage. She brings 58 ptesengers and a full ciirgfl.

Mr W. B. Baller has been promoted to the inspecting staff of the Bank of New Zealand. Mr Maohie, manager of the National Bank, succeeds Mr Buller in managing the Dunedin branch of the Bank of New Zealand. A number of Wellington gentlemen were invited by the Hunt Club to visit the Miramer yesterday afternoon, to examine the hunted etag. On arrival at the kennels it was found that the stag had died some time during the night, but an examination of the head and hide did not reveal any mark of violence, except a couple of small scratches, one on the leg aud one on the head. John Cameron, manager of the Lakes Station, Hurunui, was thrown from a young horse, dragged a short distance, and kicked on the head, on Monday evening. He wu taken to) Waikari, and died last evening without recovering consciousness. William Scarrow was found on Monday in a dam on his father’s property, near Sanson, Wanganui, with his feet drawn up te his chest, and his wrists tied with rope to the neck. Deceased had been suffering from religious mania for some time, and the supposition ie that having fastened himself m the manner described, he rolled down the bank and drowned hlmeelf. At the Invercargill court to-day Lindley Bowerman sued Thomae Lambert, hotelkeeper, for £25 18s, damages sustained in consequence of the loss on 13th May of a buggy from defendant’s premises while plaintiff was a lodger in the Drummond Hotel, and the buggy was in defendant’s custody, he having negligently suffered it to be stolen. Bowerman was engaged in the delivery of the *’ Atlas ’’ in the district at the time, and it is now supposed that some irate subscriber made away with the trap, no trace of which has since been found, Moore, ths owner of the buggy, recovered the amount now sued for from Mr Bowerman. On the application of defendant the case was adjourned till the 12lh of August,