LATEST HOME & FOREIGN NEWS. (By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright) (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Received May 2, at 10.30 a.m.

North Otago Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 7128, 4 May 1891, Page 2

LATEST HOME & FOREIGN NEWS. (By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright) (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Received May 2, at 10.30 a.m.

London, May 1. The Government have obtained precedence for the Irish Land Purchase Bill, and the Women's Suffrage Bill has been shelved. Mr Justin McCarthy ha? convened a meeting of anti-Parnell members of the Irish party in the House of Commons on Monday, to consider what action should be taken for the release of the Irish Land League funds deposited with banks in Paris. The following is the result of the race for the One Thousand Guineas : Mimi, 1 ; Melody, 2 ; Siphonia, 3 Arrived — Firth of Dornoch, barque, from Lyttelton (January 6) ; Tura- 1 kina, ship, from Napier (January 24). By the collapse of a bridge at Norwood, six carriages of the Brighton train were wrecked and many persons injured. "Wilson Barrett, the well-known actor, is planning a tour through Australia. An Atlantic liner is believed to be ashore at Kinsale. Preparations are being made in all the principal cities, of Europe against the possibility oi a disturbance to-day by increasing the strength of the military forces. Paris, May 1. The French Parliamentrry Labor Commission advise that 10 hours should be naade the limit of labor in factories. Berlin, May 1. The result of the second ballot for Gosttmude gives Bismarck a majority of two to one over Schmalfeld, the Socialist caudidsve.