HOME AND FOREIGN.

Press, Volume LI, Issue 8728, 26 February 1894, Page 5

HOME AND FOREIGN.

Press Association—By Telegraph-Copyright. | DEATH OF LOBK2SGULA DENIED, j London, Febiuary 23. j A telegram to Dalziel's Agency, from Capetown, gives a denial to the reported death of Lobengula. j A FATAL. PRACTICAL JOKE. j Owing to a practical joke ia the use j of chlorine ga3 at Cornell Univer- j sifcy a number of students are critically j ill, aud one has succumbed to ths j effects of that poison. . j RUMOURED LOSS OF A GUNBOAT, j London, February 24. j Fears are entertained for the safety of the guuboat Widgeon, as ie is believed that she has been lost on the West Coast of Africa. FREIGHTS ON DAIRY PRODUCE, The Orient and P. and O. Companies deny any knowledge of a concession in the freights on dairy produce from Australia to London, and declare that the matter is still under negotiation. GOVERNORSHIP OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA. Lieutenant-General Sir James Bevan Edwards is endeavouring to secure appointment as Governor of South Australia on the expiration of the Earl of Kintore'a term. PRODUCE TRADE WITH MANCHESTER. Messrs Geddes and Bruce, of New South Wales, are in communication with the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, urging that assistance should be given to establish a direct produce trade between the Australian colonies and Manchester via the canal. SPANISH WINE DEPOT. The Spanish Government has decided to open a wine depot in Loudou ou similar lines to that established by South Australia. FATAL EXPLOSION. Brussels, February 23. A powder magazine at Ghent exploded, many persons being killed. IMPRISONMENT FOR LIFE. Paris, February 24. Cauthier, who stabbed the Servian Minister at a banquet in the Opera House, has been sentenced to imprisonment for life. . SPAIN AND MOROCCO. Mokocco, February 24. The Sultan declines to name a time when he will fulfil the demands of Spain over the Melilla incident, aud Marshal Camos is returning to Spain apparently satisfied. THE INDIAN MINTS. Calcutta, February 24. The Bengal Chamber of Commerce has carried a resolution opposing the re-opening of the Mints. JABEZ BALFOUR. Buenos Aykes, February 24. The Court has quashed Jabez Salfour's motion for release, and the Attorney* General has given advice that there are grounds for his extradition to England to answer charges of fraud. _______■_.