LATEST HOME AND FOREIGN.
A half-million of Russian gold has been received in London to enable Persia to discharge her indebtedness to British creditors. This payment frees the customs revenues of all the seaports under British control. A British cruiser has arrived at Bandar Abbus, a port commanding the mouth of the Persian Gulf. The British cruisers Poradne and Sphinx have been ordered thither.
The Viceroy of India appeals to the colonies {<# aid to tlje fauiiae ftlief Us&,
and stating that already four and a-half millions of people are dependent upon relief.
The Grand Theatre at Isliugton has been, destroyed by fire.
The Shah of Persia will be the guest of the Queen in the autumn. \ ; '. •■
• Check's cellars, *at Epern ay, : collapsed. Five hundred casks and a million and ahalf bottles of champagne were destroyed.
Mr Goschen, in the House of Commons, deprecated bringing down an alarmist Naval Budget It was intended to spend in shipbuilding L 8,*460,000 during the year, which was more than Eussia or France were expending together. It was unnecessary at present to mobilise" the fleet, as Europe knew 'our strength, but the reserve squadron would exercise in tactics.
The Lord Mayor of London's F.und to aid the Indian famine amounts to LIOO,OOO.
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Clutha Leader, Volume XXVI, Issue 1380, 2 March 1900, Page 5
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207LATEST HOME AND FOREIGN. Clutha Leader, Volume XXVI, Issue 1380, 2 March 1900, Page 5
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