HOME AND FOREIGN.

Press, Volume LIII, Issue 9602, 17 December 1896, Page 5

HOME AND FOREIGN.

Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright THE AGENT-GENERAL. London-, December 10. Mr W. P. Reeves lectures on New Zealand at the Imperial Institute. WINE PRODUCTION. Mr Burney Young, of South Australia, in a paper read at the Colonial Institute, advocated the production of wine on scientific lines, and sending youths to France to study viticulture. ARREST OF A FENIAN. December 16. Bell, one of Tynan's gang, has been arrested in Scotland, and remanded until January. PERSONAL. The Rev. Mr Clifford, of Wesfcbourne Chapel, sails for the colonies in the Aorangi. Sir R. Meade, of the Colonial Office, has broken his leg, and Mr Fairfield, Under-Secretary of the same office, is ill in Italy. VICTORIAN ERA EXHIBITION. The Victorian Era Exhibition open 3 in May. OBITUARY. The death of the Earl of Darnley is announced. ARREST OF STUDENTS. St. Petersburg, December 15. Forty Moscow students have been arrested, and political documents in their possession have been seized. AERONAUTS FOR THE NORTH POLE. Pabis, December 15. Mm. Godard and Lurcouf, two French aeronauts, will attempt to reach the North Pole under the auspices of the French Press. FATAL HUNTING ACCIDENT. Baroness Leonie de Rothschild, while stag hunting at Chamant, was thrown from her horse and, striking a tree, was killed instantly. RUSSIAN DIPLOMACY. ...,...:.;.... ; ,. Deceiabei* 15« _ The Berlin Post confirms the report that King Menelek has ceded a. naval codling station to Russia between Obok and Erythrea. The paper states that Russia intends to secure a footing, in Somaliland to assist in opposition to English designs in Africa. THE CECCHI MASSACRE. Rome, December 16. News has been received that the Italian authorities executed five Somalis for participation in the recent Ceccbi massacre. CECIL RHODES'S HOUSE BURNT. Capetown, December 15. Mr Cecil Rhodes's house has been gutted by fire. CATTLE QUARANTINE. Ottawa, December 15, The Dominion Government is asking the United States to mutually relax the cattle quarantine regulations. TORONTO NAVY LEAGUE. The Toronto Navy League petitions England for the protection of trade routes, and the partial manning of cruisers by colonists.