BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXXI, Issue 10237, 4 January 1894, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

[Br ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH—COPYRIGHT.'} [Special to Press Association.] CREMATED. LONDON, Jan. 2. The remains of the late Sir Samuel Baker have been cremated. OBITUARY. Henry Vizitelly, the well-known publisher, is dead. THE MONTE CARLO MURDER. The murder of Mr Aliender baa created an immense sensation in the Riviera. He was the manager of the Aylesbury Dairy Company. The body was thrown down a ravine. AN APPEAL EOR FUNDS.

Jan. 3, The Lord Mayor appeals for additional funds for tho London charities, and to provide relief for the unemployed, SIB A. CLARK. Sir A. Clark denies that he was receiving tho salary attached to the office of Agent-General, and asserts that he only received his pension. He also stated that he never implied that he would accept a permanent appointment to the position as Victorian representative in Loudon, and would have been reluctant to take the office had it been offered. SOUTH AFRICA,, CAPETOWN, Jan. 3. It is reported that Commander Eaaf has died at Bulawayo from inflammation of the bowels. BRAZIL. RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 3. The insurgents, after four days’ siege, have captured Bage, on tho southern frontier of the province of Sao Pedro do Rio Grande. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. WASHINGTON, Jan. 2. The Globe Theatre and the whole of the block of buildings were burned ia Boston. The loss is estimated afc a million dollars.