SPECIAL CABLES.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 5568, 4 July 1889, Page 2

SPECIAL CABLES.

[spbcuii TOraßssAßSocmraoN.~cbFraiapTl SHAH OF PERSIA. _, Lohdon, July 2. __ T . he Shah •of Persia is visiting Her Majesty at Windsor Castle. SAMOAN TREATY. Sir James Fergusson stated in the House of Commons that it was untrue that England merely played the part of umpire during the deliberations of the Samoau Conference. The treaty would remain in abeyance until December. ALLOWANCES TO ROYALTY. n Her Majesty having asked the House of Commons to make a provision for Prince Albert Victor and the Princess Louise, Mr. Labouchere opposed any grant being made from the public revenue for tho purpose as far as the Princess Louise was concerned, pointing out, amongst other things, that the Earl of Fife's rent roll was £70,000 per annum. THE NEW LOAN. Holders of New South Wales stock express surprise at the announcement of a new loan, which they consider a breach of the pledgo giyen in May, and a repetition of the ex-Treasurer's (Burns) pledge not to seek the London money market again at an early date. ! PUGILISM. Sullivan and IDJrain, who had arranged to meet one another for the championship, ! have been forbidden to fight in the State of I Mississippi. • DAVITT'S EVIDENCE. Mr. Davitt, in his evidence before the j Parnell Commission, praised the , actions of j Egan, Ford, and Alexander Sullivan. He admitted that he was a Fenian, but stated that he did not approve of crime. He regarded Mr. Parnell as a Tory. He opposed the dynamite policy, but did not oppose the use of foroe where it might be considered necessary. VICTORIAN GOVERNORSHIP. It ie reported that Lord Lome would have been appointed Governor of Victoria but that the salary is inadequate, and Ms wife, the Princess Louise, objects to being exiled from Great Britain again. ' PROPOSED VOTES TO PRINCE OF WALES'S CHILDREN TO BE OPPOSED. July 3. The amount aeked for the establishment of the Princess Louise is £3000 per annum, and for Prince Albert Victor £10,000 per annum, and the latter to be increased to £25,000 upon his marriage. It is expected that the Opposition will resist the amounts being voted pending the appointment of a committee to enquire into the subjeot. KING ALEXANDER ANOINTED. The young King of Servia has been formally anointed as King Alexander by Bishop Michael. SALE OF PICTURES. M. Secretan'n collection of pictures is being sold at Franco. The Milloto landscape "Angelus," fetched £22,000. The sale has been forced in consequence of M. Secretan being involved in the collapse of Soeietd dcs Metaux, coimoquent on tho burst up of the copper ring.