GENERAL NEWS.

Hastings Standard, Issue 361, 1 July 1897, Page 3

GENERAL NEWS.

♦ EUROPEAN AND FOREIGN. ( Per Press Association.—Voj>yriyht., London, -Tune 29. The Perim Coal Company claim £*ll,ooo salvage in connection with the stranding of the Orient Company's steamer Orotava which went ashore recently in the Red Sea. Bishop Creighton, of London, entertained the Bishops of Sydney, Auckland, North Queensland, and Wellington at dinner. The Lords, by a majority of seven, rejected the bill introduced by Mr Hobhouse. M.P. for Somerset East, abolishing the provisions of the Act of 1781 making it a punisable offence to provide lectures or concerts on Sundays. The House of Commons has rejected Mr Million's motion favoring the reduction of the tobacco tax by 289 against 89. The Hon. C. T. Ritchie, President of the Board of Trade, replying to a deputation from the Belfast Chamber of Commerce, declined to recommend the Government to aid in the construction of a tunnel connecting Ireland with Scotland at a cost of ten millions. He was, however, willing to consider plans for such a work. Athens, -June 30. The Turks have arrested and sent to Elassona three leading citizens of Larissa for opposing the petition in favor of Turkish rule. New York, Juno 30. The jury in the case against the directors of the American Cigarette Trust disagreed, two being against and ten foiL4com*iciton. A new trial has been weted. Calcutta, June 30. The native journals in Poouah, Bombay, have for months past been inciting the natives to murder the plague officials, urging them also to revolt against the soldiery, who they accuse of outraging women, insulting their religion and plundering the people. They threaten the Government with disastrous results and describe the soldiers as " wild British balls."