Pakik, May 1. Le Temps says that England, in protecting tho Ameer of Afghanistan, will find it difficult to object to Russia protecting Persia, The Municipal elections passed off quietly. Twenty .Socialists have been returned in Paris. Lux don, May 1. Sir John Bridge, Chief Magistrate at the Bow street Polico Court, has declined to make an order for the extradition to Franco of Dr Her.:, who was arrested in connection with the Panama Canal frauds a couple of years ago, but v:\io has, owing to illness, spent most of tho time at a Bournemouth hotel, where ho has been under a police guard. Lord Selborno, Under-Secretary for the Colonies, has been appointed chairman of the Pacific Cable Commission.
The tenders for tho Went Australian loan of £750,000 at 3 per cent., with a minimum of 9(5, were opened to-day.
The total amount tendered for was £3,29.3,200. Syndicates tendered for £],fJoO,<KU Those at £IOO lis will be allotted H per cent, of the amount they sou-lit.
The average price for the loan was £IOO HI,; .31
The Uritish Medical Journal advises intending applicants for positions on tho medical stail of the' Adelaide Hospital to wait for a statement from the colonial branch of the Medical Society before forwarding their application-?. Dr Leith Napier, surgeon, lias been appointed to the Adoiai le Hospital.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1262, 7 May 1896, Page 29
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