HOME AND FOREIGN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9122, 2 August 1888, Page 5

HOME AND FOREIGN.

[PEESS ASSOCIATION.] THE SHIPPING RING. London, July 31. It is reported that the shipping ring is coming to terms with the Australian Mutual Shippers' Association, and that one of the concessions will be that merchants will be allowed a voice in deciding the rates of freight, tfcc. THE DEATH OF AN IRISH POLL TICAL PRISONER. . Loximw, July 31. Mr. baliour, in reply to a question by Mr. C. H. Anderson, M.P. for Elgin and Nairn, stated that the verdict of the jury at the inquest on Mandeville was perfectly unwarrantable, and the Government did not intend to suspend the officials at whom that verdict was levelled. THE ENGLISH IRON TRADE. London, July 31. The Mossbray Iron Company, Cumberland, is establishing branch works in America at a cost of £400,000. DISHONEST BANKERS. London, July 31. Kelynge and Greenaway, principal partners in Greenaways' Bank, TV ar wick and Leamington, have been convicted of misappropriating an Australian draft for £1200. Greenaway was sentenced to five years, and Kelynge to twelve months' hard labour. THE CANADIAN HARVEST. Ottawa, July 31. The Canadian grain estimates make allowance for the exportation of fifteen million bushels. THE BANK OF AUSTRALASIA. London, July 31. In the action brought by several shareholders to restrain the directors of the Bank of Australasia from paving to the family of the late Mr. PaVkes (for many years manager of the bank, and who was killed in the Windsor railway accident) a pension of £1500 for five years, Mr. Justice North held that the grant was va lid. LIBELLING AN IRISH M.P. London, July 31. The Cork Constitutional has been mulcted in £100 damages for libelling Mr. W. O'Brien, M.P., alleging him to be promoter of outrages for selfish ends.

THREE CONSPIRATORS EXECUTED. Port-au-Prince, July 31. Three conspirators, convicted of incendiarism, have been executed. Their object was to oust the President of the Republic.

FAILURE OF THE FRENCH HARVEST. Paris, July 31. The Trench wheat crop is a disastrous failure. BISHOP BARRY. Londox, July 31. The University or Durham has conferred the Doctorship of Divinity on Bishop Barry, of Sydney. THE CANTERBURY MUSEUM. London, July 31. Henry Forbes, the New Guinea expi.orer, has been appointed curator of the Canterbury Museum, vice the late - Si r Julius Von Haast. LONDON COMMERCIAL. London, July 31. Tin is quoted at £89 5s per ton.