HOME AND FOREIGN.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10919, 19 May 1898, Page 3

HOME AND FOREIGN.

fPKB PBKSS ASSOOIATION.-COPYBianT.) Rooelvod May 18, U p.m j DURBAN. | London, May 17. In the House of Lords the Earl of Hopetoun said tliat owing to a Binning bar, the Government would bo unablo to convert Durban into a coaling station. THE COLLIEEY STRIKE. The colliers on striko in South Waleß have agreed to invest their delegates with ploDary powers in dealing with the representatives of the employers. SCULLING. The proprietors of The Sportsman newspaper have consented to the Challenge Cup, which accompanies the Sculling Championship of the world, being opeu to competition with a sweepstake in the autumn. RUSSIA AND AUSTRIA. Beiuin, Mar 17. The German newspaper the FranJcfurter Zciiung states that a treaty has been signed defining the Russian and Austrian spheres of influence in the Balkans. It lasts until 1902, and will then be renewable automatically. A BIG ROBBERT. Paris, May 17. Bonds and gold of the value of half a million have been stolen from a van while in transit from the terminus of the Lyons railway, Piiris, to the bank in which they were to have been deposited. NEW CABLE. Sydney, Wednesday. The Eastern Extension Telegraph Company intend to lay an entirely new cable between Victoria and Tasmania, at a cost of about £60,000, THE GALE, The Volador, which has arrived from Napier, struck the gale in the Tasman sea, and was hove-to for some time. A portion of her deck cargo of timber was washed away, and the vessel sustained slight damage. THE RECENT COLLISION. Mel/Botjrne, Wednesday. The Marine Board found Forbes, master of the Edina, guilty of gross misconduct in connection with the Edida-Manawatu collision, and suspended his certificate of competency for twelve months, and also ordered him to pay £31 towards the expenses of the inquiry. He intends to appeal. The charge against the pilot was not sustained.