BRITISH AND FOREIGN.
London, August 1. , I he^T' d ° f Tta «k inquiry into the wreck of the Mataura resulted in the master (Captain Milward) being exonerated from default. The Prince of Wales has been safely transferred to Cowes. . • * It is reported at Cairo that a syndicate is making arrangements to purchase the Ervutian railways for 25 millions sterling ' ,1 he f op , c hais vr B ed th e Roman Archbishop of Scotland to use greater exertions to convert Scotland to Roman Catholicism. It is reported in Paris that Persia had arranged to borrow a million and a quarter pounds in England, but when Russia heard of the proposal, she peremptorily forbade Persia to proceed with her war loan, offering to provide a larger sum. It is reported in Yokohama that Hawaii will pay £40,000 compensation for the .exelu- v sion' of Japanese immigrants from the Islands. Signors Beandries and Tarati, two members of the Italian Chamber of Deputies, have been found guilty of complicity in the late riots at Milan, and each was sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment.
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Mataura Ensign, Issue 467, 4 August 1898, Page 4
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