BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XCVIII, Issue 11334, 30 July 1897, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

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[Pan Press association.J DE ANDREE’S BALLOON I VOYAGE, • ;

London, Jult ss. i The captain of a, Dutch vessel re* ports sighting something which re* sembled a balloon floating in the White Sea on July 17. It is conjectured that it may possibly be Du Andree’s balloon. THE COLONIES AND THE : EMPIRE. Sir Hugh Nelson, responding to the presentation of the freedom of the city of Kilmarnock, said that Queensland had no desire to; bo represented at Westminster, and wa» not prepared to submit to Imperial taxation. It would be better to con-' suit the colonies on large Imperial .questions affecting their interests. THE SILVER MARKET. July J». Falling rates on the Eastern exchanges, owing to heavy speculative sales, are depressing the silver ujiMfINCITIN& TO DISAFFECTION. CALCUTTA, Jtnnr % Bal Gangadhar Tilak, a member «£ the Governor’s Council of Bombay and editor of the native paper Ks*m, , has been arrested, together ; wltii several Brahmins, for inciting the natives to disaffection. REPORTED OCCUPATION. NEW YORK, Juxv 28. The New Yorh Herald publish#* a statement to the effect that GmV Britain has occupied Palmyra Island* which Hawaii claims as a dependency, [Palmyra Island is situated in 6def. north latitude, 162 deg. 30min. longitude, and is about 150 miles the Hawaiian Group, Its area, is less tw® two square miles.] l >- A SUCCESSFUL ATTACK. * CAPE TOWN, Jus* 29. News from Fort Salisbury state* that De Moleyn’s column mad© ft rush upon Mashingombi’s main ppsif tion. The natives were taken by surprise and driven from the caves. Over four hundred were made prisoners, while the chief, Mashingombi, was killed. .