HOME AND FOREIGN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8683, 28 September 1891, Page 5

HOME AND FOREIGN.

THE EFFECT OF MR. ALLANCE'S ' POLICY. _ London, September 26. The Economist asserts that contracts which , had been entered into for the purchase of land in New Zealand have , • been _ cancelled, owing to the most inequitable Land and Income Tax Assessment Bill adopted during the late session. THE RAILWAY COLLISION IN SPAIN. Madrid, September 26. Mr. Seymour Lucas, the English painter, who was in the railway acci- \ dent at Burgos, was not killed, as at first reported, but is badly injured. THE LIBERALS AND PARNELL. . London, September 26. Sir Vernon Harcourt, speaking at Ashton, declared that if Mr. Parnell remained stiff-necked and seditious, he jeopardised the help of the Liberals in assisting Ireland to secure Home Rule, FATAL FIREWORKS DISPLAY. New York, September 26. A bomb exploded during a fireworks display in New Jersey, killing four persons and injuring thirty. ROYAL BETROTHAL. Belgrade, September 26. The young King of Servia is betrothed to Princess Helena of Montenegro. A THEATRE DESTROYED. London, September 20. . The Gaiety Theatre, Liverpool, has been destroyed by lire. • THE ST. MANDE DISASTER. : Paris, September 20. The stationmaster at St. Man do, 7 where the collision took place recently, resulting in sad loss of life, .has been sentenced to four months' imprisonment, and the engine-driver to two years. THE PERSECUTION OF THE JEWS. London, September 26. Dr. Adler, the 'Jewish Rabbi, has requested Mr. Hall, the well-known, author, to proceed to Russia and write a work describing the sufferings of the Jews there. . St. Petersburg, September 26. During the last week 2000 Russian Jews left Kieff and Odessa for America and Australia, and 7000 for the Argentine Republic.