HOME AND FOREIGN NEWS. By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Received April 12, at 11 a.m.
April 12, Calcutta, April 11. Colonel Kelly and Captain Bomdailo, after an arduous march through Sumii, have crossod the Sbardah Pass, and Hro approach ng Chitral. It is believed that Lieuts. Fowler and Edwards wero captured through trcschory while playing polo. Colonel Kolly in hia march travelled seven miles in deep snow. Umra Khan's fanatic supporters aro paid to he dnporsing, and a collapse of the trouble is ni'obdblo.
Ottawa, April 11. Tho admission of Newfoundland into the Dominion \a virtually assured.
London, April 11. Morchain estimates tint the Atlantic expedition will cost the Admiralty L 20,000 per year for three years. Professor Ninholas is taking stops to secure the publication of his complete rt-port on the Londonderry mine, as the directors of the company have hitherto only published highly favorable extracts. The hearing of the chug^a against Oscar Wilde and Taylor have boon resumed. Obituary— George Thompson, founder of the Aberdeen, line of stoumora. The Council of foroign bondholders, headed by Sir J. Lubbock, interviewed the Hon. J. G. Ward on behalf of the New Plymouth bondholders, and v,» quested that the Government should guarantee tho loan, and threatened to stop the quotations of New Zealand lonn on »he Exchange if the English demand was not conceded. Mr Ward, in reply, s^id the Government were unable to guarantee tho loan, or aid a private company in any way, whether its position was gnod or bad. Moreover, he flouted tho threat of the Council. The New Plymouth bondholders have decided to again interview Mr Ward. Tho Victorian wheat cargo (ex Brodvio'.i sold at 14? Od, and the South Australi^n oonsignjuent (ox Gloniffor) at 2<h Hd.
Shanghai, April 12, Tho magazine in Loosung forts exploded, killing 40
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North Otago Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8159, 13 April 1895, Page 2
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302HOME AND FOREIGN NEWS. By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Received April 12, at 11 a.m. North Otago Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8159, 13 April 1895, Page 2
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