BALL BEARINGS. BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Lyttelton Times, Volume CI, Issue 11929, 28 June 1899, Page 5

BALL BEARINGS.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

.United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. VACANCIES IN THE MOUSE OF : COMMONS. J.ONDON, June 26. Both the Oldham seats in the House of Commons are vacant.. Mr Robert Ashcroft is dead, and Mr James h. Oswalt has resigned 1 his seat on account of ill-bealtb. (Both seats for Oldham were occupied by Conservatives.) REVIEW OP TROOPS. LONDON, Juno 27. The Queen reviewed 14,000 troops at Aldershot. The Sydney Lancers wore attached to the First Cavalry Brigade, and acquitted themselves excellently. They received an ovation.

WOMEN’S CONGRESS. The Countess of Aberdeen opened the International Women’s Congress in Lon-', don. Most of the Australian colonies were represented. LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL. Tho House of Lords, by a majority of 114, reversed the provision in the London County Council BiU making women, eligible as Aldermen and Councillors. BRITISH CAPITAL IN CUBA. The “ New York Herald ” declares that British capitalists already control tho chiel industries in Cuba. THE PERSIAN GULF. TEHERAN, June 27. Both the Persian and the Russian authorities deny that negotiations are taking place for the cession or lease of a port on the Persian Gulf. DERVISH DESERTIONS. CAIRO, June 26. Dervishes continue to desert the Khalifa. A ROYAL BIRTH. ST PETERSBURG, June 27. The Czarina has given birth to a daugh-