HOME AND FOREIGN.

Bush Advocate, Issue 356, 21 August 1890, Page 3

HOME AND FOREIGN.

London, Aug. 18. E.lVfiSrl^imiitffka, 7 from* New Zealand, arrived at Plymouth today, with her passengers all well an;d her; ; cargo of .; f ro'zen meaii itt good condition. ■ Dal ton, who undertook to swim \ from prance, to eucj ceeded in swimming sixteen miles :in 24 hours. I Soldiers are assisting the tithe ; collectors at Denbigh to recover the itax. .-- (•■)'•«/•■/ ••i<- / '. •'•■ :j ' a I The potato "blight is spreading in I Ireland. j A league i 8 being formed having jfor its object the encouragement of jthe growth of beetroot in Great Britain. , „ j The • ;(Etovernme'nfc ; HaWSe'ciaed ;for the future to shorten the Speech from the Throne at the opening of (Parliament, thus hoping to limit 'debate on it. . „. | At the Antwerp'^wool sales the was only moderate. [Bidding was fair, and half the !catalogu#:iwasi«Dldlat ! aB advance of |10 centimes over the rates obtained in June* j Berlin ? Aug. 19. ; Prince Bismatckj ; is'< supporting a gigantic coal syndicate which hes (been established in Germany to 'check the rise in the wages, of colliers. *"' :: ' '"'■'- '■"■'"■ ' ■ Paris, Aug. 19. The wheat crop in France is estimated to yield 6,000,000 hectolitres below that of 1889. St. Petersburg, Aug. 19. The Journal de St. Petersburg expresses the opinion that 'the, ( visit of the'Er&p'ercJr of ' Germany,' while little with the policies of Russia and Germany, will greatly strengthen the- gottd delations existing between the two nations. I Madrid, Aug. 19. Out of a total" of 1800 cases of cholera in Spain, 1000 proved fatal. . , /• New'Tork, Aug. 18. A despatch from Guatemala announces that the t States, of Guatemala 1 atfd Honduras are demanding that General Czeta shall resign his presidency ,of- San -. Salvador. General Carlos Czeta was the leader of the forces in San Salvador, but on , the, , , 45&,& 9% General Menedez, the' President, which took place at a banquet held towards the end . of ., June, he assumed command. During the disturbances arising out of -iha Strikes bri;the Newark Central Railway, the police stationed at Albany fired on the mob, wounding three^p.erspns. This action enraged the crowd, and some of the police narrowly escaped being .lynched. There is enormous speculation in silver going on, and 2,000,000 -ounces have been sold at prices risking as high^. l,2f> cen^, ?) fp