THE LATEST.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 932, 10 January 1890, Page 17

THE LATEST.

(PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) (Received January 9, 12.40 pm.) Zanzibar, January The Arabs have re-oceupiea Sa&dani. Fanaticism is increasing among them. London, January 8. The papers haw adopted a defiant tope.. _ - It ia asaepted that the authorities at Tuitimane on the African Coast have forbidden British steamers to receive Consul Johnson’s despatches, unless they are passed tbyci&gb. the Portuguese Post Office, Ft. January 8.

The QoußtrUiCtion of the G-. ea t Bailway will j e begun in the spring atjhree '^ l^ere nt points. „ 0 , London, January 8. Opal will shortly be re-"°Obituary.-Father Perry, astro™ mer He fell a victim to dysenteryafter successfully observing the recent 6 1C quantity Yf wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 2 072 000 quarters ; for the Continent 388 000 The A merican visible supply is estimated at 33,750,000 bushels. (Received January 9, 10 a.m.) London, January ».

Mrs Brown-Potter, an American lady who has recently adopted the stage as a profession, sails for Australia shortly. She has secured the rights to Sarah Bernhardt’s well-known tragedies “Li F-sca ’ and “ j he Admiralty is about to despatch the Bncl.autress with sealed orders for the Beabow and Colossus, two power ful ironclads now at Gibraltar. (Derived January 9, 12.45 p.m.) MiiiiBOUBNE, January v At a w eting of the Australasian So*

ciety for the Advancement of Science, papers were read by Professor Hutton, of Christchurch, on oscillations of the earth’s surface, and by Professor Thomas, of Auckland, on biology. The Government intend to offer a prize of L3OO for a cheap cooling chamber for butter and cream during the summer months. It is also intended to consider the desirableness of arranging for consignments of potatoes to London. Hobart, January 9. Sailed —Fifeshire, as, for Timaru. SPECIAL. (Received January 9,12.15 p.m.) London, January 8. The Empress Augusta expired peacefully, the immediate cause of death being paralysis. When it was found that her strength was failing, the Imperial family was assembled. The Empress Frederick is at Home, but she will be able to return in time for the funeral. Bismarck has attempted to suppress the Emperor’s alarmist speech to the garrison of Berlin. London, January 8. The Marquis of Lome considers a federal army essential to the safety of the Australasian colonies. He also suggests that New South Wales should co-operate with England in framing an. Imperial tariff for articles producible within the Empire. The Federation deputation to the Premier has been postponed sine dieLord Salisbury regards the late details furnished of Pinto’s raid as merely an expression of the accounts of the original incident. He has demanded that Portugal should instruct her officers to maintain the status quo on the Zambesi. Portugal is willing to comply, provided similar instructions are given to English officers. Judge Nelligan, Recorder of Derry;, has retired from the Royal Commission on the Irish land question, appointed in 1886. He disagrees with the excesoive rents fixed in order to assist landlords when the question o£ purchase ulfmately comes on. The Pelican Club has exonerated Mr “Abington” from the chaige of instigating the attack on Slaviu during the prize fight in Belgium. It is stated in a Wellington letter to Tiie Times that the Loyalists in New Zealand are denouncing Mu Dillon. Madrid, January 8. Senor Sagasta has finally resigned. Lisbon, January 8. The remains of the Empress of Brazil have been re-interred in this, city. New York, January S. The Australian system of ballot is being adopted in the State of New York.