HOME AND FOREIGN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 9011, 17 October 1892, Page 5

HOME AND FOREIGN.

, :■■■:■ ■<■ » ■ ■ Puts Association— Telegraph.—Copyright. ANTI-CHOLERAIC VACCINE. ,■' London, October 15. r Db. Ussher, of Melbourne, is studying the inoculation of ancholeraic vaccine, under the direction of M. Pasteur. NEW SOUTH WALES LOAN/ London. October 15.» The Economist declares that , the New South Wales loan being placed locally will relieve the fear that the English market does not always desire* to refuse Australian loans if the colonies will only ask moderate amounts at convenient times. City financiers disapprove of the issue of New South Wales Treasury bills. NEW BANKING ARRANGEMENT. London, October 14 \ The Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London, and China propose to form a new concern under the name of the Mercantile Bank of India, with a capital of ,500,000. The latter purchases the assets of the former, valued at £375,000. SIR M. DAVIES' MORTGAGE , SCHEME. London, October 15. Mr. Marwick has cabled to Sir M. Davies, of Melbourne, that the hitter's English and 4 Australian Mortgage scheme is unfeasible. - ' THE GOVERNORSHIP OF TASMANIA. ;• . lr London, October 15. -\ General Edwards has addressed a memo, to the Colonial Office, suggesting that the new Governor of Tasmania should be a high military official, capable of advising other Governors on important strategic measures. Thirty applications have been received for the appointment. EMIGRATION TO BRAZIL. London, October 15. An announcement has been made in London by the Brazilian Government, inviting a million emigrants to that country. The Board of Trade urges the people not to go. NEW ZEALAND OATS. London, October 14. r Buyers complain that cargoes of oats, from the Bluff, have arrived in bad condition.

THE KANAKA LABOUR TRADE. London, Octobe 14. Sir J. F. Garrick, Agent-General for Queensland, in a letter to the Daily Mews, corrects fresh statements wade by Miss Marion Disney in a lettei published respecting Kanaka labour. STRIKE RIOTS IN FRANCE. Paris, October 14 A strike has occurred at Carinause, in Southern France, accompanied by serious disorder. Troops were sent to repress the disorder, but the Mayor, who is a Socialist, declined to give them billets. Many members of the Chamber of Deputies support his action. ■ THE COLUMBUS FETES. New York, October 14. The Columbus celebration was marked by splendid pageants. In one of them an immense symbolic electric car, containing three thousand electric lights, was a prominent feature. FAMINE IN THE GILBERT GROUP, London, October 14. The prevalence of famine in the Gilbert Islands is alleged as the reason for the deportation of 500 men who were sent to plantations in Central America. CHURCH ENDOWMENT. London, October 14. The Congregational Conference demands the diseudowment of the State Church in England and Wales. THE LORD MAYOR OF LONDON. London, October 14. The Anti - Popery Association has petitioned the Queen to refuse her assent to Mr. Knill's election as 'Lord Mayor of London. A DISASTROUS FIRE. Washington, October 14. A great fire in Sioux City, lowa,' . rendered 600 people homeless. THE BROKEN HILL STRIKE. London, October 14. In a letter to the Times, Mr. David Schloss contends that the state of affairs at Broken Hill proves the failure of the New South Wales Conciliation Act. A CLOSE POLL. London, October 14. The election for the Cirencester division of Gloucestershire rranlted in the return of Colonel T. W. C. Master, who polled 4277 the defeated candidate, Mr. Henry Lawson (Liberal) polling 4274. ...iw, .? THE ANARCHIST OUTRAGE IN PARIS. ; ' . • London, October 14. An Anarchist named Francis has been arrested in London, on suspicion of being concerned in the fatal explosion at Very's restaurant in Paris. AFFAIRS IN PERU. London, October 14. News from Peru states that the Government of that country is insisting on economy, and announces its intention to deal severely with malcontents.