BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 9094, 3 May 1890, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

IX!r ELECTRIC TELLOVAFIT. COPYRIGHT,'] [Special to Pbksb Association.] [Received May 2 at 12.15 p.m.] THE QUEEN. LOS DOST, Mat L Queen Victoria, 'who has been on a visit to Ais-les-Bains for the benefit of her health, has returned to England and taken up her residence at Windsor Castle. THE CENSUS. The Congregational Union have determined to resist the practice which has been hitherto in force in connection with taking the census of persons mentioning what denomination they belong to. ANOTHER MADMAN. Arthur Wood, a well - known swimmer, has announced his intention of attempting to ewim the rapids at Niagara Falls, SUSPENDED PAYMENT. The Bank of Aterura, in Philadelphia, has suspended payment. OBITUARY. Mr Edwin Waugh, the well-known Lancashire poet, aged 72. A REVOLUTION. HlO 1/13 JANEIRO, Mat 1, A revolution has broken out in the Republic of Paraguay. There is reported to have been a great deal of bloodshed, but no further news is to hand. [Received Mny 2 at 5.20 p.m. I THE MINING EXHIBITION. LONDON, Mat 1, New South Wales has applied for fifteen thousand feet of space at the Mining Exhibition. THE AUSTRALIAN PRIMATE ELECT. Arrangements are being made to present Canon Saumarez William Smith, who has been elected Bishop of Sydney and Prfmato of Australia., with a large testimonial. He will probably be ordained in Westminster Abbey on June 24. [Received May 3, at 1.20 a.m.J UNITED STATES SURPLUS. WASHINGTON, Max 2. The House of Representatives has pensioned 450,000 of those who took part in the war, thus absorbing the balance of the national surplus.