SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 7828, 23 December 1886, Page 5

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

[PRESS" ASSOCIATION.] '~'). THE ADELAIDE EXHIBITION, i London, December 21.;;{ The ; Belgian , Government» have, appointed Mr. Alfred Cleelhand Kervya Executive Commissioner at : the Adelaide Exhibition. \. ,'.... '.','',- ~, A CORRUPT NEW YORK ALDERMAN. London, December 21. Alderman McQuade, of New - York, has been sentenced to seven years' imprisonment and fined 5000 dollars, for bribery in connection with the Broadway railway. :':'■'::qh: THE PACIFIC ISLANDS. - ~ ~ London, December 21. ; The Agents-General favour the creation of a jurisdiction over, the Pacific Islands, to be recognised by the Powers interested, for the purposes of policies* securing titles, &c. ~..■■■': (RECITER'S telegram.] - ; POSTAL CONFERENCE. London, December 21. Mr. StevensoD Blackwood, Secretary of the Post Office, has invited the AgentsGeneral of New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia to a conference on the 23rd inst., for the purpose of discussing tbe postal arrangements between Great Britain and the Australian colonies. r THE ORIENTAL BANK. London, December 21. The directors of the new Oriental | Bank Corporation have declared a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent, per annum. GOLD FOR AUSTRALIA. . London, December 21. £1,000,000 in gold has been withdrawn from the Bank of England for Australia. AFFAIRS IN BURMAH. Rangoon, December 21. General Roberts, Commander of the British forces in Upper Burmah, considers that the condition of that country is gradually becoming mortf settled. DEATH OF SIR T. D. FORSYTH. ; London, December 21. The death is announced of Sir Thos. Douglas Forsyth, the well-known statesman, aged 59. Theabov^ I^,MPP^'V^VORCEwSUIT. , for visitors, i Utf /V « 01 Hotel faces tJCty, fit ,W A>eCfimW 21. i rowing or ash} $**&***'» I o/ce suit a rider ■hooting grout, <r;* I */, o'l0 ' 1 bating that sailing *w*4d.*9bJ*/, of*0 f* stating that Proprietor. r &t ?>7^ utler ' ** re - The best %;"* 7Z/*>-/*>***. *. , Billiard Tab'* o <fa. li™*. the trial 'was iffi <* Co >A> n officer and from the* °*»« /A, *f excellent We a., //>•'■ Saddle J,' , O J m If 1 * i■ •' w. B *T&. «a,7 AUSTRALIA. . •„, be wharf o **v_ ®./ KCI6CO> December _, \ th °£.** AKCIBCO » December 21. SaricdV on' the 18th, at 8 p.m.: The Australia, for Auckland. THE MASSILLIA. London, December 21. Arrived: The Massillia (from Melbourne), on November 4. '7