HOME AND FOREIGN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 8960, 18 August 1892, Page 5

HOME AND FOREIGN.

Press Association.—Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.

THE MURIETTA ESTATE. London, August 16. It is estimated that at. least a million will be required to satisfy the holders of Murietta debentures before the ordinary creditors' can handle the assets. THE HINDOO - KOOSH PASSES. Calcutta, August 16. Captain Conway's exploring expedition has successfully accomplished the passages of Hispar and MuSchik in the Hindoo-Koosh mountains, RESIGNATION OP AN M.P. London, August 16. Lord Hervey, who was returned as Conservative member for "Bury St. Edmunds at the general election, having resigned, Lord Chelsea will contest the seat. ' " ' 1"/ COLONIAL AGENTS-GENERAL. London, August 16. The Times states that the AgentsGeneral were originally commercial representatives of the colonies, but have now assumed the position of ambassadors, and are destined to take an important part in the securing of the federation of the Empire. QUEENSLAND SEPARATION. . London, August 16. It is expected that the Queensland Separation League will, owing to the failure of the colonial Government to effect the separation, ask for an Imperial Act providing for the necessary separation of Queensland. RUSSIA AND BULGARIA. ■ Berlin, August 16. The Vossische Zeitung declares that the Sultan's promise to recognise Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria proves the fallacy of Russian hopes. FIGHTING IN CENTRAL AFRICA. Brussels, August 16. Information received from Central Africa states that the Livadia natives raided Kilaa, on the Congo, firing the villages and killing twenty occupants.

THE FOUNDERING 0* A BARQUE. London, August 16; The vessel which capsized off the Isle of Man, was a new four-masted barque. She was being towed from Greenock to Liverpool, when she was struck by a squall and sank in five minutes. The captain and his wife and twenty-two seamen were drowned. KANAKA LABOUR IN QUEENSLAND. 7, London, August 16. Mr. W. H. Groom, member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, in the course of an interview to-day, seiid the Act permitting the renewal of Kanaka labour in the colony was most distasteful to the people, and the indecent ha,ate in which the matter was pushed was a public scandal. Marion Disney, in letters to the Daily News, gives heart- rending - detalis of scenes attending the employment of Kanaka labour. She alleges that tho Islanders have to submit to horrible treatment, and that their condition is worse than that of the American slaves. " . •Lateb. Dalziel's Agency published an interview . with Mr. Groom, particulars of which have been cabled. Mr. Groom, however, denies responsibility for the opinions alleged respecting Kanaka labour, and declares, that the statements attributed to him were manufactured by the reporters. He characterised the whole production as a gross exaggeration, and states that he'refused to be formally interviewed. VICTORIAN AGENT-GENERAL. London; August 16. Mr. Munro returns to Melbourne next month. " Mr. Monro states that he wrote to the Premier of Victoria lon July 21, fully explaining the details connected with the La Rose estate, and authorising him to make use of them as he judged best. .d 7 ; ;' r .* CAPSIZE OP A CRUISER, i " London, August 16. The .new'cruiser Hawke, 7350 tons, capsized in Chatham Dock while being launched. g? • ! ' V ARCHBISHOP VAUGHAN. " ; - * London, August 16. The Archbishop of ; Trebizond, the Papal -delegate, invested t Archbishop •Vaughan with the pallium to-day iat Brompton Oratory. There was a great fathering,* and the ceremony was 'Of a post imoressive character. ''.-'Ui, j