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Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 283, 4 June 1895, Page 2

HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

o THE SULTAN APOLOGISES. JAPAN AND FORMOSA. THE TIMES ON FEDERATION. FRANCE AND BRAZIL. (Per j. J ress Association.) .London, June 2. Ml* Hogan has given final notice to move for an annual grant of three thousand, to reimburse tlie expenses of colonial judges. Obituary— Vice-Chancellor Bacon. Tbe Brazilian Government asserts thafc the French violated the treaty by crossing the Guinea frontier, and demands immediate payment of an indemnity for the Brazilians killed in the recent encounter. It i 3 alleged by the French that only bandits were killed. Sir F. Knowllys has written a letter to W. G. Grace, by direction of the Prince of Wales, in which his Royal Highness says he has watched the veteran cricketer's fine scoring with much interest, and he cannot allow such an instance of record beating to pass unnoticed without congratulating him on his magnificent performance. Tho Sultan has apologised for the attack on the Consuls at Jcddah and promised to order an enquiry. The Times considers it difficult to believe iv the reality of the federation movement in Australia. Victoria is virtually the only colony dealing with the question in a practical spirit. If the colonies were federated it would be easy to fiud a Governor to occupy the dignified position that would then be created, whereas reductions iv salaries at present enhance the difficulty owing to the curtailment of the dignity of the office and the necessity of incurring heavy personal expenditure. Shanghai, June 3. It is reported that the declaration of a Republic in Formosa is distasteful to the people. The President's army number a hundred thousand well armed men. Rome, June 8. Itih'an officers publicly decorated the fishermen who took a prominent part in rescuing the Oroya's pissengers when she went ashore near Naples.