BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Lyttelton Times, Volume CV, Issue 12532, 20 June 1901, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

United Press. Association —By Electrio Telegraph—Copyrigh t. ANOTHER.RUSSIAN PRINCESS. ST PETERSBURG, June 18. ThaTsaritza has given birth to another daughter. (This is the fourth daughter born to Tsar Nicholas TL He has no sons, and, failing the birth of one, the Grand Duke Michael, tho Tsar's brother, is heir to the throne. He is twenty-three years of a,ge.) AN INTERESTING.DISCOVERY. ZANZIBAR, June 18, Sir Harry Johnston., the British Commissioner in the Ugamida Protectorate, confirms the discovery by- Mr Grogan, the explorer, of ape-like men, distinct from dwarfs,-on the verge of the Congo forests. RETALIATION. (Received June 19, 10.53 p.m.) ST PETERSBURG, June 19. . ; Owing to America taxing petroleum, Russia will fimpose taxes on American resin and bicycles. CRETE. ATHENS, June 19. Replying to the Cretan Assembly's petition for union with Greece, the four protecting Powers intimate their intention to' preserve the status quo. A FRENCH RAILWAY. (Received June 20, 1.8 a.m.) PARIS,., June 19. The Parisian banks have been heavily snbventioned by the Franco-Indo-China Government to provide three million pounds to construct the Laokai-Yuconsen Railway. THE CIVIL LIST. (Received June 20, 1.13 a.m.) LONDON, June 19, The Civil List has been passed' by the House of Commons bj 370 votes to 60.