Home and Foreign News.

Cromwell Argus, Volume XXVII, Issue 1373, 20 August 1895, Page 3

Home and Foreign News.

♦ London, August 10. y It is reported that Tufeckescheff, who was arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the murder of M. Stambouloff, has been liberated, Britain will require 24,000,000 quarters of wheat before September next year. This is twice the quantity that America can export to all countries. The proposals of the Indian Government for holding Chitral have been agreed to by the Imperial Government. The British will garrison the country between Chitral and Kala Darosh, and a garrison is to be stationed at Chakdarra. The Panjkoia route will be kept open for postal and relief purposes. The Sholde won the Australian Cup at Cowes, with the Caress second. Lord Lonsdale’s Vekena won the! Kmperor’s Cup and the Prince of Wales’s Britannia won the Meteor Shield. The British imports and exports for the past six months exceeded those for the corresponding period of 1894 by 10 per cent, August 11. Steinitz is leading in the chess tournament with 4£ points; Bardlebin and Tchigorin aro next with 4 points. The contests continue throughout! August. The Tekoa, which left Lyttleton on June 20, arrived with her sheep in ! good condition. One was lost. The Orkney return completes the! general election. The strength of parties is:—Conservatives, 339; Unionists, 72; Liberals, 179; Anti-Parnellites, 70 ; Parnellites, 12. August 12. Parliament was opened at 2 o’clock! to-day. Some people had been waiting! at the doors from 5 o’clock in the' morning in order to secure seats. Mr Gully was re-elected Speaker unopposed. Foreign residents in Tientsin declare; that the Kucheng massacres were the, natural outcome of 30 years’ mistaken! leniency. The Times correspondent at Tientsin* says that there will be worse to., follow! unless the Powers take a determined 5 stand with the Chinese Government. j August 13. „ If the Victorian Government guaran-j tee a reasonable quantity of produce] shipments the Manchester Committee; will approach the Loudon shipping ring! and try to arrange a weekly service for five months in the year and a< monthly service for the remaining; seven months, London and Manchester participating in the trade. If the ring ■ refuse the overtures the committee hope by the guarantee given to enlist Manchester capital to, establish a tentative direct service. ! The joint commission in Mekong from Great Britain and France, which j has been negotiating re a buffer State, * has referred the dispute to headquarters. Shanghai, August 11. One of the murderers confesses to cutting off the head and limbs of Miss] Stewart, who in a frenzy fought until literally hacked to pieces. Sydney, August 12, Memorial sesvices were held in several churches yesterday in memory of the missionaries who were killed iu China. August IT China files by the Menrauir to July 18 state that the political situation was < much complicated by the anti-missionary riots which were then proceeding, and , which were likely to have an important; bearing on Chinese international re ‘ lations in the near future. Strong] representations were being made by Europeans to the foreign Ministers, j Formosa and Corea were still in a very disturbed state. Washington, August'l3. The official statistics of the American! wheat' yield place it at 386,570,000! bushels. Vancouver August;l2. The Warrimoo his reached Victoria, j She comes on here s to be docked. It isi believerpa number of her plates have! been stove iu. (Continued on page 5.)