GENERAL NEWS.

Hastings Standard, Issue 87, 6 August 1896, Page 2

GENERAL NEWS.

EUROPEAN AND FOREIGN. London, August 5. Li Hung Chang has had an interview extending over an hour with the Marquis of Salisbury. Conway's exploring expedition has crossed Spitzbergen from west to east, which is the first time the feat has been accomplished. Shares in the Komata Mine, of New Zealand, have been allotted. Reports from Rangoon state that the existing relations with the Chinese are favorable for a settlement of the Kuchin frontier question, and the necessity for such settlement is urgent. The Queen inspected the fleet at Spithead, passing close to each ship. Tlio House of Lords have passed the second reading of the Encouragement of Light Railways Bill. Cairo, August 5. The railway to Kosheh has been completed. Paris, August 5. The French census shows the population to be 88,000,000, an increase of 138,819 in five years, and even this is confined to the cities, as the country districts show a decrease, Sofia, August 5. The outrage at M. Stambouloff'a tomb was repeated,, dynamite cartridges being used on this occasion instead of a bomb. Washington, August 3. Corea has sanctioned the construction by Americans of a railway Seoul to Chemulpo. Lisbon, August 5. The re-lighting of the city with gas will be arranged within three days. New Yokk, August 5. The High Court of Guiana, South America, urges a reduction in the military expense now borne by the country. Shanghai, August 5. Corea, it is reported, has ceded to a number of Frenchman, railway rights in Ping Yang and Seoul, and to Russians the right to explore for gold.