HOME AND FOREIGN.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 9868, 21 October 1897, Page 5

HOME AND FOREIGN.

Press AModation—Br Telegraph -Copyright BRITISH TRADE. London, October 19. Speaking at Sheffield, Sir Howard Vincent said that, while foreign competitors were assisted by tariffs and bounties, ifc was sheer madness to fetter British trade with impossible conditions. •

THE BRITISH ARMY AND NAVY,

Sir Robert Finlay, Solicitor-General, urges thespecessity of largely increasing the expenditure on the navy and army. He says it may probably be necessary to resort to the ballot in order to select citizens to serve in the militia.

THE BISHOP OF MAURITIUS. The Right Rev. William Walsh, Bishop of Mauritius, has been appointed to the Archdeaconry and Canonry of Canterbury. BIMETALLISM. Fifteen hundred Manchester merchants and traders have petitioned the Government in favour of bimetallism.

OBITUARY.

The death is announced of Mr George Pullman, of Pullman car fame. A HANDSOME DONATION. An anonymous" donor has presented Dr. Webber, Bishop of Brisbane, with I £2000 towards the Brisbane Cathe- ! dral. WEST AFRICA. The British authorities in West Africa are enrolling a new Native regiment for service in the Lagos Hinterland. MASTER OF THE ROLLS. October 20. Lord Justice Lindley succeeds Lord Esher as Master of the Rolls. FRANCE AND SENEGAL. Paris, October 20. M. Andree Libon, 'Minister for the Colonies, is at present on a visit to Senegal, where France is making great efforts to establish an Africsn Empire. In replying to an address of welcome, he said the colonial policy was in the first place a commercial one, but, if necessary, it might develop into a warlike one against European rivals. Senegal, he said had richly repaid France for all the sacrifices she had made, and she was determined to complete her work.

THE GERMAN ARMY. Berlin, October 19. The German Government has armed its troops with a new rifle which is claimed to be the best weapon in the world.

THE CZAR AND THE KAISER. October 20. The Czar is at present on a visit to the Emperor of Germany at Wiesbaden.

SERVIA. Belgrade, October 20 The King has accepted the resignation of the Cabinet,' and a neutral •;Mi^atey-_a^**-v^a^^ ?u _ a 5 J1 ,. w . i . > . < , -w . POISONED BY VERDIGRIS. Rome, October 19. Four hundred emigrants on an Italian steamer bound for Brazil wero poisoned by verdigris on the cooking utensils, and ten succumbed. THE RAID AGAINST THE SOMALIS. Cairo, October 19. The report that Ras Makonnen, an Abyssinian chief, had been killed while leading a raid against the Somalis in East Africa, is denied, and it is now stated that he is mobilising 20,000 troops to attack the Somalia.

THE TRANSVAAL. Pretoria, October 20. The Volksraad Committee recommend the abolition of the intercolonial transit dues and a reduction in the price of dynamite by 19s per case.