HOME AND FOREIGN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9129, 10 August 1888, Page 5

HOME AND FOREIGN.

[press association.] THE ZULU WAR. August 8. bOMOLiKi, a powerful Z u l u chief, has arrived at Ekowe. AMERICA AND THE CHINESE. Washington, August 8. The Senate has adopted the Chinese Prohibition Bill. CHINESE POLL TAX. London, August 8. It is reported that a heavy poll tax has been imposed upon all Chinese arriving at the Philippine Islands. THE NAVAL MANOEUVRES. London, August 8. Rear-Admiral Tryon is still vigorously engaged in his sham bombardment of Scottish seaports. THE MANCHESTER MURDERER. London, Augusts. Jackson, who murdered the Manchester gaol warder, was hanged to-day. ELECTION NEWS. London, August 8. The Hon. Henry William Cross, eldest son of Viscount Cross, is announced as the Tory candidate for Liverpool vice Lord Claud Hamilton, resigned. IRISH EVICTIONS. London, August 8. The Government officials who carried out the recent evictions at Kilrush have been summoned for damages and trespass, as it is alleged that the evictions were illegal.

THE CANADIAN RAILWAY. Ottawa, August 8. Mr. Stephen has resigned tHe Presidency of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, in order to take up his residence in England, and represent the Company there. Mr. Varnhorne succeeds Mr. Morton, who has retired from the New York Board of Directors.