BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXVII, Issue 8144, 15 April 1887, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

[BP ELECTRIC TELE GRAPH— COPYRIGHT .} [Rbutbe’s Telegeamb.] [Received April 14, at 12.5 p.m.l THE DELEGATES IN ENGLAND. LONDON, Armr. 1341 Lord George Hamilton, First Lord of the Admiralty, with a party of delegates to the Imperial Conference, has gone on a visit to Portsmouth, to inspect the dockyards and warships in course of construction. Sir Henry Holland, Secretary for the Colonies, will give a banquet to the Conference delegates on April 29. The Prince of Wales will be present. [Received April 14, at 12.50 p.m ] CRIMES BILL. Sir George Trevelyan has addressed a letter to the papers, in which he expresses strong disapproval of certain clauses of the Irish Crimes Bill. The debate on the motion for the second reading of the Irish Crimes Bill has been resumed in the House of Commons. i I Received April 14, at 10.15 p.mj MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. LONDON, Aran. IS. Consols are -g higher, at 102|. New Zealand securities are unchanged at previous quotations. THE WOOL SALES. At the Colonial wool sales to-day, 12,500 bales were offered. The market continues firm. THE TAINUI. The Shaw Savill and Albion Company’s s.s. Tainui arrived at Plymouth this afternoon, the cargo of frozen mutton being in good condition, [Special to Press Association.] [EooalTed April 14, at Noon.l LONDON, Apeil 13. The International Statistics Conference has commenced its sittings at Rome. The Board of Trade are endeavouring to have a Select Committee of the House of Commons appointed to inquire into the question as to the best appliances for preventing loss of life. Overtures were recently made to Turkey to join the triple alliance between Germany, Austria, and Italy, and a reply has been received intimating the willingness of the Porte to accept the proposal.