HOME AND FOREIGN.

Press, Volume LII, Issue 9024, 9 February 1895, Page 7

HOME AND FOREIGN.

Press Association—By Telegraph— Copyright. A LABGE CONTBACT. London, February 7. Messrs Bolckow, Vaughan and Co. are the successful tenderers for 25,000 tons of steel rails for Western Australia, teie price is extremely low. NEW BISHOP OF HEEEFOBD. Doctor Percival, master of Bugby, has been appointed Bishop of Hereford. THE DUSE OF YOEK'S VISIT. Th© Westminster Gazette declares it to be necessary to postpone the Duke of York's visit to Australia until 1896. CHILDBEN'S COUNCILS. The London Poor . and Bagged School Committee have examined Lady Downes, of Adelaide, as to the working of the Children's. Councils in South Australia. OLD AGE PENSIONS. Mr" Henry Broadhurst, M.P. for Leicester, has tabled a motion entitling all persons of sixty years of age and over to a pension from the district in which they are resident. ... . BBITISH..COMMEBCE. The , h&potts 'decreased last"' month by £1,700,000, while the exports increased by £72,000. EELEASE OF A POLITICAL PBISONER. Dowling, an Irish political prisoner, sentenced to imprisonment for life, has been released. THE MISSING STEAMEBS. The Cunard lrnoi* Cephalonia has turned up safely, but the FrenchAmerican liner Gascoigne is five days overdue, and as she has 500 souls aboard there is much excitement in New York and Paris. A BOYAL WEDDING. February 8. It is rumoured that the Prince of Naples will be married to Princess Maud of Wales in May next. A WEALTHY SYNDICATE. Washington, February 7. It is reported that a syndicate including the Bothschilds, Morgans and Belmonts will take the whole of the American Bond Issue. Mr Bland intends to introduce in the House a Free Silver Coinage Bill as a substitute for the. Bond Bill.