NEWS OF THE WORLD.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume V, Issue 644, 8 August 1891, Page 2

NEWS OF THE WORLD.

By Electric Telegraph.] [Special to the Standard.] BRITISH AND FOREIGN. The British Parliament is prorogued. The yacht Citonia won the Queen’s Prize Cup. The House of Lords has rejected the proposal to grant suffrage to women. The wheat yield in California will be double that of the previous season. Thirty thousand London carmen threaten to strike against a reduction of wages. The Zone system is to be applied to the railways in Berlin and its suburbs in October. In the County cricket match between Notts and Surrey the latter won by an innings. Although the money market is flat the Manchester City loan of 3 per cent, realised nearly 96. The new National Bank of the Argentine Republic will liquidate the affairs of the old National. The story about the murders by Italians in West Virginia is a hoax. The illness of the Queen of theJßelgians is attributed to an affecting interview with the Princess Charlotte. The Italian National Labor Congress at Milan has resolved to form a party and enter the political arena. The Courts have granted Mr William O’Brien four days extra to show cause against his being declared a bankrupt. The Buenos Ayres Government have introduced a Bill to establish a Bankjof the Argentine Nation, with a capital of fifty million dollars. Two policemen who were committed for trial on a charge of perjury, in connection with the arrest of one Alice Milliard, have been acquitted. The Victorian Government have agreed to pay the costs of bringing the Auckland dredge, chartered by the Victorian Government, to Melbourne. Dr Greger, leader of the Czech party in Austria, urges a reform of the constitution on federal lines. The National Zeitung says that France keeps the Vatican financially, and in rereturn the Vatican supports the Republic and also the Republican propaganda in Italy, Owing to objections to the influx of Jews into the United States the American Government has informed the leaders of the Jewish persuasion that such an influx is contrary to law. Sir John Gorst, speaking of India, said the failure of food grains had been a serious matter, but the danger of famine had disappeared. The Chicago Exhibition authorities have accepted an offer by M._ Eiffel to build them a tower superior to his famous Paris monument.

The annual report of the Order of Foresters said the members fraternised with the Oddfellows. The two societies were not rivals, but on the contrary were bound together by bonds of steel. At a meeting of the Bank of New Zealand shareholders a dividend of 5 per cent, was declared. The profits amounted ;o .£59,500, of which £20,000 was carried to the reserve fund. The Directors were re-elected. The leading Trade Unions are arranging for a convention to discuss the question of the general election, and the best means of securing direct representation in the House of Commons. The Archbishop of Canterbury has paid a visit to the Rev. C. H. Spurgeon, who is now recovering from his recent severe illness. The naval authorities believe that the explosion on board H.M.S. Cordelia was due to defective steel in the guns, and have ordered the removal of all suspicious guns from men-of-war.

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS AUCKLAND.

Last night The Hawke’s Bay footballers have written ' that they must abandon their visit to Auck- , land this season. , The City Council has decided to ask the 1 city members to oppose the present Eleotic ; Lighting Bill. 1 The passengers for Gisborne by the Talune I to day were—Judge Conolly, F. M. Tlgh- • man, C. Baker, Johnstone, Bruce, Tiffen, r and Dawson. The Board of Education, after a lengthy , discussion, rejected a mo'ion to abolish home lessons in the primary schools. 1 To morrow a start will be made here with ' the Association game of (football, clubs ’ having been formed in view of the coming ’ visit of the Wellington team. 1 The Board of Education is considering a ' proposal to equalise the salaries of male ' and female teachers, and a return ij being 1 obtained of its probable oost. The Hibernian Had was burned down at ’ Hamilton last night. It is supposed that j somebody must have dropped a match. NAPIER. Last night. At a meeting of creditors of James Irvine yesterday, the statement of the bankrupt showed :—Total debts £833 — amount secured being £7,009, and unsecured £1,561. The securities are estimated at £0,247, leaving a deficiency of £822. The assets are set down at £1,200, consisting of a proof of debt in the estate of Otene Toatoa, £BOO, and an order on Hori Niania, for £4OO. The meeting adjourned till next Monday. The Poultry and Canary Show opened this afternoon, and in many respects is a great improvement on previous shows. The Gisborne footballers had a long trip down by the Australia, and did not loo«x very brilliant to-day--nor did they get a glimpse of the sea serpent on the passage. A big ball is being held in Napier thia evening, SOUTHERN NEWS. Last night.

Mrs Hadfield, wife of the Primate, is dangerously ill, Messrs Kerr, Proctor, and Grephaber, jewellers, were each fined 2Gs and costs at Christchurch, for keeping boys after hours on Saturday. An inquiry into the origin of the fire at the Dunedin Globe newspaper office, was commenced at noon, Mr Fraser conducts the inquiry on behalf of the polios, Mr Hanlon appearss for the Glnbs Company, and Mr Sinclair for the National Bank. The petition by ths Wellington shop assistants iu favor ot ths Shop Hours Bill, has receives a thousand signal ureb. The Trade and Labor Council of Wellington has passed a resolution, supporting the Typographical Association in its endeavor to gat the age of 18 re inserted in the Factory Bill as the minimum for females in the printing business. At a meeting of the proprietors of the Union Bank of Australia in London a dividend equal to 14 per cent per annum was declared, and a sum of about £lO,OOO was carried forward. At an inquest on the body of James Priestman, found shot through the head at Masterton, the evidence showed that death was self inflicted by means of a Martini Henri rifle. In deceased’s note book was found the words 11 The play is ended ; the curtain must fall. I have enjoyed myself.” Eriestman, who was somewhat eccentric in manner, alleged that ho had logt heavjly in t speculation last year. The annual report of the Wellington Meat Export Company’ shows that af'er providing for] depreciation and writing to reserve £2OOO, there remains to credit of the profit anti lose account a sum of £5OOl, The

directors recommend the payment of a dividend of 8 per cent, absorbing £2803, leaving £2958 to carry forward. The directors notify that arrangements have been entered into for a reduction of freight upon meat of ]d per lb from the Ist December next, or an average rate throughout the year of Id per lb for mutton, IJd for lamb, and Jd for beef. There was a great muster of the Salvation A'my at Dunedin yesterday, on the occasion of the laying of the foundation stone of the new “ fortress.” The stones were laid by Messrs James Allen, H. M. Hardy, W. Brown, Colonel McKie (on behalf of General Booth), Colonel Bailey, and Miss Couper. The building, which is to contain an officers' room, and a hall capable of seating 1300, will be ready by the end ot the year. Lucian Simons, cook of lhe French brig Adelaide, now at Westport, has been taken to the Westport Hospital, He was stabbed in two places—one * wound under the ribs penetrated the left lung, and the other wonnd was on the upper part of the thigh. The explanation given was that the wounded man was larking with hil brother, a youth aged 16, named Vincent Simons, also employed on the vessel, when Lucian was accidentally stabbed with a small knife Vincent was using to out a rope with. The police are investigating the affair.