HOME AND FOREIGN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9110, 19 July 1888, Page 5

HOME AND FOREIGN.

THE DEFENCE OF AUSTRALASIA. London, July 9. The Earl of Carnarvon, writing to the Times on the defences of Australasia, states they have put England to shame. A FAST PASSAGE. London, July 7. The R.M.S. Kaikoura steamed from Wellington to Plymouth in 36i days. EMPEROR WILLIAM'S AILMENT. Berlin, July 9. Dr. Morell McKenzie thinks that the abscess in the ear from which the Emperor William suffers, will affect his brain. A BIG DONATION TO THE ■ ELLITES. 'V London, July 10. Captain Rhodes, of Capetown, has given £60,000 to the Parnellite funds on learning that Parnell favoured retention of Irish representation in the British Parliament. DAIRY FACTORIES IN NEW ZEALAND. _ London, July 9. Sir F. Dillon Bell is trying to engage Professor Long, of Cirencester, to proceed to New Zealand to report on dairy factories in the colony. THE ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION. London, July 8. The reported early departure of Neumayer's Antarctic expedition is disbelieved in Berlin. OBITUARY. London, July 10. Sir William Wellington Cairns, exGovernor of Queensland and South Australia. THE? KAIKOURA London, July 9. The Kaikoura arrived at Plymouth from New Zealand to-day. THE DORIC. London, July 7. The Doric arrived at Plymouth today from New Zealand. SHIPPING. London, July 7. Ships are scarce, and consequently freights are hardening.