NEWS OF THE WORLD.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume V, Issue 649, 20 August 1891, Page 2

NEWS OF THE WORLD.

By Electric Telegraph.] [Special to the Standard.] BRITISH AND FOREIGN. Consequent on the increased price of rye the German army is supplied with bread made of wheat. The failure of the British Bank has created but little interest in financial circles in London. Sir Charles Dilke, addressing an assemblage of 10,000 miners at Nottingham, advocated the passing of the Eight Hours Bill. The Customs alliance between the States of Central Europe is postponed. The Swiss delegate is unable to agree to the conditions prepared. Owing to the action taken against the Indian native paper Bungality, for seditious utterances, a Press Defence Society is being formed. Mr Eddy, Chief Commissioner of New South Wales railways, has left on a visit to England for the sake of his health. He returns in about six months. The Vatican is not hostile to the Austro-German alliance. It regrets that the Italian Government is using means to hinder a solution of the Roman question. It is announced that Germany refused to reduce the corn duties, owing to the negotiations proceeding regarding the Customs Union of the States of Central Europe. Twelve persons were killed and forty, eight injured by a railway collision near Berne, where a festival is being held. By a railway collision at Ponty Pridd, in Wales, a large number of people were injured, thirty of whom are not expected to recover,

A Reuter's telegram from St. Petersburg declares, on authority, that no Franco-Russian alliance exists, though the entente cordiale is ripe should any action on the part of the countries forming the Triple Alliance make the Convention necessary. At a monster Franco-Prussian meeting in Paris, a resolution was carried protesting against the visit of the French fleet to England, on the grounds of the Marquis of Salisbury leaning towards the Triple Alliance. Details have been received from Chili of the capture of Pisagua by the insurgents. Of a force of three hundred defending the town only 25 were left alive. The residents were decimated by shell and fire. The insurgents carried off the Governor to sea, and drowned him in revenge for his cruelties.

Six hundred gendarames and foresters, with blood-hounds, are searching the woods for the victims of the man and woman Schneider, in custody on a charge of murdering servant girls. In five days they succeeded in recovering the murdered bodies of three of the missing girls, and in consequence of the fiiseqvery the sensation is growing. The payment of the indemnity for the outrages committed on English mission stations has been arranged by the local Chinese authorities, and England now demands the punishment of the rioters. The Times states that the outlook for farmers is very hopeful, and that the prospect is better than it has been for many years. It considers to the Russian prohibition of export of grain is mainly due the improved position. Mr Jqhn Burns, speaking at Clapham, said that the coming depression in trade would shake old established unions, qnd bring about the abolition of those recently formed. He advised workmen to look to Parliament for redress of their grievances. NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS AUCKLAND. Last night Mr Murphy is a passenger fqr Gisborne by the Te Anau from Sydney. None of the bodies of the men drowned at Opotiki have been recovered, The City Schools Committee have passed a reso’ution to call a meeting to consider steps to have better representation of the Schools Committee on the Board of Education. There is still no trace of the girl Lily Cqr’er. wqo mysteriously disappeared from the house of friends at She is believed to be drowned. Hugh Shottlaud, solicitor, charged tho young lady Informant ip the previous case with criminal libel at the Folios Court to day. The libel was supposed to be eon, tained In an unsea’ed letter p'aced in a letter box common to several offices, charging Shoriland with being a murderer, betrayer, and ruiner q! girls, and giving him six ipQqths to clear put of Auckland. Bhcrtlaud however eoqld nqt g?tab!isq the fact that the girl wrote the letter, and th? case was dismissed. The Committee of the Auckland Cricket Association resolved to communicate with Canterbury, with the view of inviting the four oenU'es of £?aland to join in a mutual guarantee of a Certain sum to Lord Sheffield’s team, now about to visit 'tks colonies, VAt the Cassel Co’s reduction works atKarangahake, the foreman (Mr James Eagie), whjle leaning over a cylinder containing a strong solu’iqu of cyanide of potassium, overbalanced himself, and fell in. The accident was observed, and the unfortunate man waa promptly removed, but died almost Immediately, NAPUffIH. Last night, At a meeting of the Hawke's Bay Sduoation Board yastardny a letter was read from the Gisborne Committee, taking for a grant of £OO for the removal bi oduvenleacea,' new kitohen rqnae, painting ibtant 'school, etc, The Chairman (Bev. 0. HJdeyt said Gisborne had already had about qns fourth of the tqtgl building grant for the whois district, ft tyas decided to grant £5 for ths removal of conveniences, and to authorise the painting of the infant school, but ths other things ars to stand over. A number of residents in Tintroto wrote, asking that a school be opened ’ theta, and ; stating that there vers over 20 European children of sohool age; sis others would be cl school age within a year, and the Maoris also were anxious to have a school. The Chairman sei J the only money available was a grant for a school at Nuhaka, which it had been decided not to proceed with. It was agreed to enquire as to cost, and apply to Government for a grant from the vote for native saboolg, The resignation of Mrs Bull as mistress at the Gisborne School whs adbepied.