HOME AND FOREIGN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 8162, 25 January 1890, Page 5

HOME AND FOREIGN.

AN ANTI-JEWISH CAMPAIGN. Paris, January 23. The leaders of the Boulangists party are instituting an anti-Jewish campaign in France. DANGERS OF~ELECTRIC LIGHT. New York, January 23. One man was killed and one seriously injured by coming into contact with an ; electric light wire. DEATH OF A VICTORIAN COMMISSIONER. London", January 23. Mr. Walker, Victorian Commissioner at the Paris Exhibition, has died at Eastbourne. THE LATE DUKE OF AOSTA. Turin. January 23. , The late Duke of Aosta has been buried in this city. DISLOYAL GUARDIANS. Dublin, January 23. The local Board has dissolved the Cork Guardians on the ground that members of the society are guilty of disloyalty. A STRIKE TERMINATED. London, January 23. The strike of coal miners at Charleroi has terminated. BISMARCK'S SOCIALIST BILL. Berlin, January 23. The Reichstag has voted in favour of making Bismarck's Socialist Bill a permanent measure. THE WEST END SCANDALS. London, January 23. Mr. Newton, solicitor, who was charged with conspiracy in connection with the recent West End scandals, has been committed for trial. THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN QUESTION. London, January 24. Sir William Robinson, late ActingGovernor of Victoria, has arrived here, and has had a long interview with Lord Knutsford on the Western Australian question. It has been arranged that the first meeting between Lord Knutsford and the delegates from Western Australia shall take place on the 30th January. Sir F. Napier Broome and Sir T. Cockburn Campbell have arrived here from Western Australia. AN EIGHT HOURS' BILL. London, January 23. The Miners' Federation intend to ask the labour members to introduce an Eight Hours' Bill during the next session. THE DOCKERS. London, January 24. The action of the Berraondesy dockers in demanding payment during meal times, is upheld by the Mansion House Committee. PRICE OF FROZEN MUTTON. London, January 23. The quotations for frozen mutton are unchanged. GALES IN ENGLAND. * London, January 24. Fierce gales are raging in the southwest of England. PUGILISM. London, January 23. The Sportsman Fund for Slavin is closed. The total amount is £443. Jem Mace is training for a boxing match with Mitchell for £1000.