HOME AND FOREIGN.

Press, Volume LI, Issue 8718, 14 February 1894, Page 5

HOME AND FOREIGN.

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THE ANGLO-AUSTRIAN PRINTING COMPANY. Londoh, February 12. Justice Williams has ordered Sir H. Isaacs, Messrs Lethbridge and Kegaa Paul, Directors, to repay £15,000 to the liquidators of the Anglo-Austrian Printing Company. THE TURKS AND ARMENIANS. The correspondent of the Standard at Constantinople says that the Turks are trying to goad the Armenians into a rebellion. LIBERAL FEDERATION MANIFESTO. The Liberal Federation has issued a manifesto stating thac the Houss of Lords cannot be permitted to ruin the Government Bills, and calling for serious action on the part of Ministers. Mr John Burns assert that the attitude of the Lords is imperilling the safety of the Throne. The people who sent Charles I. to sleep without his head will not permit their measures to be vetoed by Lord Salisbury. NEW ZEALAND SURPLUSES. Mr Wilson, of the Investors* Review, writing in the Chronicle, alleges that New Zealand's surpluses only exist on paper. He contends that in three years the colony hae slyly increased its debt by a million and a half. THE DEFICIENCY IN THE NAVY. February 13. As an experiment the Admiralty has decided to draft 50 junior officers and 900 men out of the reserve into the navy in order to supply the deficiency. BILLIARDS. Roberts, the billiard champion, allows Memmott, of Melbourne, half points in a spot barred game of 20,000 up. PROPOSED NEW LINE OP STEAMERS. Sir A. Clark, Acting Agent-General for Victoria, received an offer from a responsible Manchester firm to run a line of fine steamers between Manchester, Australia, and New Zealand, conveying Manchester goods ,to the colony, and returning with colonial produce. The firm ask if the colonial Governments will co-operate in supporting the line. SUSPENSION OF A BANK. Paris, February 12. The Banque d'Escompte has suspended payment. The liabilities are 54,000,000 francs (£2,160,000). Besides M. Lombeyran, who is a Director of this Company, M. Clere, the manager of the Societe Immeubles, has also been arrested. THE EFFECTS OF PROTECTION. February 13. The Rheims Chamber of Commerce informs M. Meline that the woolleu industry is greatly injured by protection, and that many of the factories are ruined and will have to be sold. JABEZ BALFOUR. Buenos Atrbs, February 12. The Argentine Government has ordered Jabez Balfour to be removed out of Court, but he is to be retained in custody pending the arrival of legal documents and detectives. ITALY AND FRANCE. Bomb, February 12. Italy is negotiating for a commercial treaty with France. NOVA SCOTIA. Ottawa, February 12. The Upper House of IS! ova Scotia has sent a petition to the Queen, asking her Majesty not to grant the request of the House of Assembly for the abolitiou.of the Council. REVOLT IN HONDURAS. Belize, February 12. The Governor of Segucigalpa in Honduras repulsed the' insurgent force while beaieging the town with the loss of a hundred. CHOLERA. Constantinople, February 13. Several deaths from cholera are reported here. THE UNITED STATES AND HAWAII, Washington, February J3. President Cleveland declines to forcibly overthrow the Provisional Government iv Hawaii. PROMOTION OF ENGLISH OFFICERS. Cairo, February 13. At the instance of Colonel Kitchener the Khedive has promoted several English officers.