HOME AND FOREIGN.

Press, Volume LIII, Issue 9562, 31 October 1896, Page 7

HOME AND FOREIGN.

Press Association—-By Telegraph—Copyright.

THE EXPLORERS' SYNDICATE. London, October 29. ~.' Mr Read, Chairman of the new Explorers' Syndicate, in a letter to the Financial News, states that many of the leading issuing houses have decided to boycott West Australian i properties until the laws respecting labour conditions are altered. The News adds that the Government had better yield without compulsion. DALGETY AND CO. The balance-sheet of Dalgety and Co., shows a profit of £98,865. A. dividend of 8 per cent, has been deolared, and £18,865 carried forward. DIVIDEND. The New Zealand and Australian Land Company has declared a dividend of _per cent, ALFRED SHAW AND GO. Mr Justice Williams has granted an application for the compulsory winding-up of Alfred Shaw and Co., hardware morohants, of Melbourne and London. * CYCLING. The cyclists Megson, Lewis and Payne have sailed for Australia. RETURN OF TROOPS. Ootober 80, The troops in Suakim return next month. TURKISH AFFAIRS. Constantinople, October 80. The Sultan has appointed five Christians as Deputy Governors in Anatolia. The majority of them are Greeks.. THE MATABELE WAR. Capetown, October 80, The Ndema and Banka, two of the more important Matahele tribes, l ' have yielded up their arms. RUNNING AMUCK. - | Calcutta, October 80. A Sepoy ran amuck in Fort Sande- ( man, and killed Lieutenants Yeates I and Dowries, and two' privates, and wounded a third officer. , -