HOME AND FOREIGN.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 9704, 17 April 1897, Page 8

HOME AND FOREIGN.

Pnm Association—By Tele_rap_—Copyright. THE NEW SOUTH WALES MOUNTED RIFLES. London, April 14.

On the arrival of the New South Wales Mounted Rifles they will be welcomed by the officials of the Colonial and War Offices. During their stay they will have three months' training at Aider-hot, and also take part in the military tournament at Dublin.

THE ANGLO-AMERICAN TREATY.

Russian and German diplomacy at Washington, it is reported, had a great effect in defeating the ratification of the Anglo-American Arbitration Treaty.

LAW APPOINTMENT. April 15. Mr Edward Ridley, Q.C., succeeded Mr Justice Charles.

THE INDIAN RELIEF FUND. The Mansion House Indian Famine Relief Fund has reached £492,000.

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.

At the Police Court, Ernest William Ogilvie, describing himself as a Sydney actor, was remanded on a charge of attempting to cut his throat. He stated that he arrived from Australia on Monday. He had no money or friends, and becoming desperate, attempted to take his own life.

THE CANADIAN CONTINGENT.

April 16

Mr Chamberlain has requested that the Canadian troop 3 sent to the Queen's celebration do not exceed 200.

THE TRANSVAAL.

Berlin, April 16.

The Frankfurter Zeitung warns the Transvaal not to provoke Great Britain. It say 3it would be wiser to abandon arming and fulfil the desires of the Uitlanders.

A BANKRUPT MUNICIPAL COUNCIL.

Paris, April 14.

The Marseilles Municipal Council is in a state of bankruptcy, which it attributes to the lavish expenditure of the Socialist members.

MAYOR OF VIENNA.

Vienna, April 15.

The Emperor has sanctioned the election of Dr. Lueger as Mayor of

Vienna.

THE PLAGUE DECREASING. Calcutta, April 14.

The plague at Bombay is rapidly decreasing, and the panic stricken natives are returning to the city.

FAMINE RELIEF WORKS.

The number of natives employed on famine relief works in the Northwestern provinces is decreased by six hundred thousand.

THE CAPE RAILWAYS.

Capetown, April 14.

Mr Sievwrighfc says that if the Cape should lose the Transvaal trade, the Cape railways will still pay 6 per cent.

THANKS TO LORD ROSMEAD. April 16.

The Assemby adopted a resolution thanking and eulogising Lord Rosmead for ids services.

FATAL EXPLOSION.

Pretoria, April 15.

An explosion of dynamite at Langlaagte, on the Rand, killed eight Cornishmen and twenty-six natives.

LIBERTY OF THE PRESS.

The Transvaal High Court -of Justice decided that President Kruger acted '.illegally in suppressing the Johannesberg Star, the publication of which was recently stopped on the ground that it was dangerous to law and order. The Court awarded the owners costs, and the Star has resumed publication. A WAR FORECAST. Ottawa, April 15. In th_ course of a speech Mr Cartwright, Minister of Trade and Customs, said it was probable there would be a war in Europe and it was desirable that Canada should have between twenty and thirty thousand troops ready for service. The Volunteers would possibly soon have a chance of proving their attachment to the Empire.

A BIMETALLIC CONFERENCE. Washington, April 14. President McKinley has appointed Mr Wolcott Stevenson and General Pain to visit Europe and arrange for a Bimetallic Conference. THE FISHERIES DISPUTE. _Vlr Foster, one of the American members of the Behring Sea Commission, states that in endeavouring to re-open the Fisheries question, President" McKinlev has no inten-

tion to evade the award of the International Arbitrators who met at Paris in 1893. The award of that Commission generally favoured Great Britain.