HOME AND FOREIGN NEWS. By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.)
Received April 27, at 10.15 a.m. London, April 2C>. In cc notation with tho Ad\ano;g to Settlors Ao\ Mr \V»rd has arranged with tho B»nk of England to iaiue tormorrow i 3 per cent loan of a million and a half, with a minimum of 90. Tenders close on Thuisday.
Received April 27, ftt 10,20 iv.m. London, April 26. The Weib Australian Goternment h«s iaiuect a 3} per csutlo»n of three-quartara of ft million, witk * minimum of 99. The proa at whioh tho loan i« otf«re4 hM sur. prlied iho rantke'.
The 'rial of Oear Wilde and Taylor " has begun in the Old B-uley. ' M .rk Twain will viait Australh at the end of thp year.
Received April 27, et 10.35 a.m. Camjutta April 26. The Chitral bosiogera held a garden 40 yaids from the ga«oa of tho fort, but u Britihli sortie rvpnlsoJ thorn. It vrm io this sot tio thftt OiiptKtn Biird rocived his fatal woonl. After he fell Surg.-on Whi^oohuroh carrioi him to Hholtor, although ropentediy nurroundod by tho rohola. The doctor g«l!au'ly f night hi-» way back to iho fort with his dying comrnde. Tho survivors give thrilling details of the t)ier>e.
Ottawa. April 2fi. A fire broke out in the M.mmo'h lobacco sforo, Montreal, «nd a panic took nlaco among tho employooi in thi» building, who numbered upwards of 1000 In their m«d tush to osrapo they blocked the a'ftirwayß, and 60 of tho c who were imprißonod by th« block jumped from tho winddWH, thus receiving terrible injuries.
Roceivcd April 27, at 11.20 a.m. London, April 26. A correspondent of the S xn^rd nasor s that it ia a c mvio ion in B rlin th-it the Japan so prefer to fight Russia rather than renounce the ann-xitum of certain Chinese territory which they captured. M<*ny German now«jp»ppr-, it ia said, disapprove of supporting Russia in her opposition to some of the conditions of peace. Suveral Parisian papers, to>, pretest ngainst Franco biing dragged at the ht'fls of Uupflia.
Received April 27, at 11.30 a.m. St. PitTEßSuuua, April 26. fho Viedomosti, in an apparently inspired ar icte by the Czir's person*! friends, eta oi tint if Gre-»t Britiin supuoris Jhdui Indift will «uflL«r.
Received April 27, at 11 35 a m. St. Pkteusburg, Miv eh 26. The Novoo Vremyi atatee that tho negotiations between R'jssU and Jap in have tnken a favorable fcjrn, and it is expected that tho mittera in dispute will soon bo settled.
Shanghai, April 26. Pekin is in an cxci ud stuo, und many high Chituso c.fliculs are urging the Emperor to rofuso to mify the potce 1 treaty.
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North Otago Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8169, 29 April 1895, Page 2
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