HOME AND FOREIGN.

Press, Volume LII, Issue 9023, 8 February 1895, Page 5

HOME AND FOREIGN.

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THE LIBERATOR BUILDING SOCIETY.

London, February 6. The convict Wright, a solicitor, now undergoing a sentence of twelve years' penal Sb.vitudo, will bs a witness for the Crown in tho action against the Directors of the Liberator Building Society. A TRAVELLING SCHOLARSHIP OFFERED. v The Gilohrist Trustees have offered to provido half tho cost of a travelling to enable a colonial teacher from ea<?h colony in turn to spend half a year in England for the purpose of studying secondary edu- • cation* Each colony nominating teacher -will be expected to pay the other half. '■ V BREACH OF PROMISE CASE. In tho Wyndhani-Deerhurst breach of promiso case no Settlement was arrived at, as Lord Deorhurst declined to purchase a compromise. Tho jury returned a verdict for- tho defendant. The plaintiff failed to give notice.of appeal. A SUCCESSFUL INVENTOR. B*enhah, • thft o f> \the. torpedo known by hisilame, has been appointed torpedo ackiseftfd the War* Office and the Admiralty. SMELTING SULPHIDE ORES. Mr Angel, of Adelaide, states'that a large smelting firm has adopted his process of smelting sulphide ores, and arranged to erect works at Swansea. They will purchase for treatment there Broken Hill sulphide ores, which have hitherto been too expensive to work. SAMOA. The Commission appointed by Great Britain, Germany, and' America to consider the land claims in Samoa recognise most of the German claims and largely curtail* those of Great Britain and America. The best of tho land has boen allotted to the Germans. CHRISTIAN BROTHERS , . SCHOOLS. . February 7. Mr Jno. Morloy will provido for the inclusion of the Christian Brothers' Schools in the education grant when they become efficient. COLONIAL CLERGY. A letter in Truth, signed " Colonist," alleges that the ignorance of the clergy compelled the sending to England for a successsor to Bishop Eennion. THE WAIHI-SILVERTON MINING COMPANY. The Waihi-Silverton Mining Company of New Zealand has extended its capital to £60,000, and the £10,000 offered to the public was subscribed twofold. THE CONGO. Paris, February 6. Franco and Belgium have reaffirmed a pre-emptive right to the Congo. , COMPULSORY EDUCATION. St. Petebsbubg, February 7. Tho Czar has summoned a commission" of experts to devise a scheme of compulsory education. '