HOME AND FOREIGN.

Press, Volume LV, Issue 9992, 23 March 1898, Page 5

HOME AND FOREIGN.

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph— Copyright. Received Mnrch 22nd, 1.10 p.m. WEST AUSTRALIAN MINING. London, March 21. The Committee of the West Australian Chamber of Mines approves of the temporary relief granted by Sir John Forrest to the mining companies, and urges him to prohibit alluvial miners from entering and mining on alluvial leases. FOUND DEAD. Colonel Dyer, President of the Employers' Federation, was found dead in bed. A SUGGESTED COUNTER . MOVE. Some of the British newspapers demand that the Admiralty should make a counter move to the mobilisation of the French northern squadron. CABLE CHESS MATCH. Greatßritain has won the cable chess match with the United States. A CORNER IN WHEAT. New York, March 21. Mr L. 7t. Leiter, who recently made a corner in wheat in Chicago, has already profited to the extent of a million dollars. BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS. Berlin, March 21. The seveutietb birthday of Hendrik Ibsen, the Norwegian' dramatist, has been celebrated in Scandinavia and Berlin. Many congratulations were received from England. THE INDIAN REVENUE. Calcutta, March 21. Sir James Westlaud, one of the members of the Council of the Gov-ernor-General of India, reports that despite the famine, war and plague, the Indian revenue is elastic," and fresh taxation will be unnecessary. Received March 23rd, 12.45 a.m. TERRIBLE FIRE IN A BOARD-ING-HOUSE. New York, March 22. In a fire which destroyed a boarding house at Montana, twenty-five of the inmates perished. The majority were killed in trying to effect an escape. BILLIARDS. London, March 22. ' Memmott, the Australian billiard player, has challenged Roberts on the same terms as those on which the latter meets Weiss. IMPERIAL BUDGET. The Budget speech is to be delivered ou April 21st.