HOME AND FOREIGN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 9013, 19 October 1892, Page 5

HOME AND FOREIGN.

Free* Association.—Electric TeUgraph.—Copyright. THE LIFE GUARDS. London, October 17. The Life Guards have been ordered to Shorncliffe, in Kent. THE STRIKE OF BELGIAN MINERS. Brussels, October 17. The strike of the Borinaga miners is collapsing CHILI AND BOLIVIA. New York, October 17. The Chilian Government is willing to cede the territory between Mollendo and Arica to Bolivia, in order that a strip of neutral territory may intervene between the boundaries of Peru and Chili. STATE-AIDED EMIGRATION. London, October 17. The Marquis of Ripon has informed the London Labour League that the : Government are not favourable ,to | State-aided emigration, as ,the colonies require such strict guarantees. A PERSIAN LOAN. London, October*l7. The Persian' Government has issued a loan in London of half-a-milliou at 6 per cent., with a minimum of 95. THE MONETARY CONFERENCE. Washington, October 17. Benjamin Andrews, who holds conservative views with regard to silver, replaces Walker as delegate to the Monetary Conference. DOUBLE SCULLING MATCH. Ottawa, October 17. Hosmer andGaudaur beat Hanlan and O'Connor in a double sculling race at Ontario. MRS. HARRISON DYING. Washington, October 17. Mrs. Harrison, wife of the President, is dying of consumption. AFFAIRS IN~ SAMOA. London, October 17. Mr. R. L. Stevenson forwarded a complaint to the Times that the Chief Justice of Samoa is interfering with the jurisdiction of Magistrate Cooper. He also alleges that the German officials are mint for their positions. THE POWER OF VETO. London, October 17. Mr. Gladstone has written to Sir Gavan Duffy that he is unaware of any distinction between the vetoes of the Crown and of Parliament over colonial legislation. The Earl of Rosebery writes that the only'veto Parliament has consists in passing an Act to over-ride colonial Acts, a power rather abstract than concrete.

! THE CHOLERA EPIDEMIC. London, October 17. It is reported that cholera has ceased in Persia. The total mortality did not amount to more than six thousand. THE IRISH DIVISIONAL .* MAGISTRATES. London, October 17. The Freeman's Journal says other divisional magistrates deserve similar treatment to Colonel Turner, who has just been dismissed by Mr. Morley. GERMANS IN DAHOMEY. BBklik, October 17. In consequence of assertions by French officers engaged in Dahomey that Germans are assisting the natives by building earthworks and supplying arms, the Emperor has ordered an inquiry. WHEAT STATISTICS. Washington, October 17. The wheat companies of the United States refuse to give statistics to the Government officials, on the ground that their publication assists in bearing " the markets. GREECE ANDKOUMANIA Athens, October 17. The relations between Greece and Roumania are strained, owing to a dispute over the will of a Grecian subject who died in Roumania. ... . BISHOP"SELWYN. : London, October 17. Bishop Selwyn has undergone an other operation on his leg. He is progressing favourably. ~, , ." ' ;; * w THE TORIES AND THE LABOUR PARTY. _ . ' V London, October 17. ■, Lord Randolph Churchill, in a letter to the presupposes the formation of a distinct Labour party in the Tory ranks, and declares the Tories will give practical legislative effect to much ■which the Labour element demands.