HOME AND FOREIGN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 8965, 1 February 1888, Page 5

HOME AND FOREIGN.

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A ROYAL BETROTHAL.

Stockholm. January 29. It is announced that Prince Oscar, of Sweden, has been betrothed to Miss Ebba Munch, a relative of the late Professor Munch, the Norwegian historian.

ALL QUIET AT MASSOWAH. Massowah, January 29. Everything is quiet here at present, but it is reported that the Negus lias again commenced to advance, and that an attack on the Italian troops will be shortly made. THE FISHERIES' DISPUTE New York, January 30. There are indications that the Fisheries' Commission will dissolve without arriving at a settlement. AN OVERWORKED MUSICAL PRODIGY. New York:, January 30. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to the Young has appealed to the Mayor of this city, representing that Hoffman, the infant musical prodigy, is being overworked at concerts, and requesting that, in the cause of humanity, his performances should be restricted. INDIAN FRONTIER DEFENCE. London, January 30. The Maharajah of Jodhpur has given ten lakhs of rupees for frontier de fence. A DYING CONFESSION. London, January 30. An officer has been brought to the hospital at St. Petersburgh in a dying condition, and has confessed that he was chosen _to shoot the Czar, but, being unwilling, attempted suicide. THE QUEEN. London, January 31. The Standard states that Her Majesty - the Queen will leave on a visit to the Riviera on March 8. • THE CROFTERS. Glasgow, January 30. The latest news to hand from' Lewis indicates that affairs in that island are assuming a more pacific phase. TRIAL OF DYNAMITERS. London, January 30. i Callan and Harkins, the dynamiters, I will be tried on Wednesday next. It has been ascertained that the explosive found in the possession of the prisoner was of the strongest kind manufactured. CHINESE DEFENCES. Hongkong, January 29. The Chinese Government have passed a vote of two million taels (about £652,000) for the purpose of fortifying the Manchurian frontier. INDIAN AFFAIRS. Calcutta, January 29. A Bill has been introduced into the Council imposing a tax on petroleum. The finances are in an unsatisfactory state, in consequence of the great outlay for military purposes and of a decline in the revenue. SUGAR BOUNTIES. Vienna, January 30. The Minister of _ Finance has announced that Austria will only abolish the sugar bounties if the other Powers interested adopt countervailing bounties. . . THE GERMAN SOCIALIST BILL. Berlin, January 30. The Socialist Bill has been referred to a committee, but it is considered unlikely that the Bill will become law. FRANCE AND ITALY. Rome, January 30. Signor Crispi, the Premier, is about to submit fresh proposals to the French Government relative to the establishment of a commercial treaty between ■the two countries. If the proposals are not accepted, then parleying on the .« subject will cease.