LAST NIGHT'S CABLEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XVII, Issue 5317, 4 July 1892, Page 1

LAST NIGHT'S CABLEGRAMS.

[By Electric Telegraph Copyright.] HOME AND FOREIGN NEWS. (per united press association. ) Received July 3, at 6.20 p.m. Washington, July 2. The Silver Bill introduced into the Senate by J. M. Stewart, of Nevada, has passed through the Senate by 29 to 25, but provisions will be added requiring that all silver shall be coined by the Treasury Department. United States cruisers have seized the British steamer Comautaan and 25 sealers carrying on their calling oft Victoria, British Columbia. Zanzibar, July 2. French missionaries declare that the Uganda natives of the Protestant persuasion have again attacked the Catholic natives, and alleged that they were assisted by Captains Lugard and Williams. Berlin, July 2. Prince Bismarck is now using moderation in his addresses. In the Reichstag the Opposition declare that they have no enmity against Count von Caprivi, Chancellor of the Exchequer. Sofia, July 2. The trial of those accused of taking part in the murder of M. Beltcheff last year was continued. Accused have made some remarkable admissions, which implicated the Russian Consul in Bourgais, and admit that they attempted to shoot Prince Ferdinand in 1890. London, July 2. The bootmakers have decided to submit their dispute to arbitration. In the inter-college boat race Yale beat Harvard by six lengths. The National Bank has declared a dividend of 2s 6d per share for the year, and carried forward the sum of L6BOO. A cargo of "Victorian wheat has been sold at 33s 4d. Received July 4, at 1 a.m.] London. July 2. At the London athletic champion meeting to-day, on the London Athletic Club's ground at Stamford Bridge, the New Zealand team failed entirely in the championship. Peter Wood won his heat in the quarter on the flat, as did Batger in the hurdles, but both were easily beaten in the final. At the wool sales prices are unchanged. There is good competition, and a hopeful feeling is prevalent. Messrs Fullerton, Hardy, Talbot, Young, and Ha worth (all New Zealanders) have passed their final medical examination in Edinburgh. London, July 3. Sir James Whitehead, who was Lord Mayor in 1888, and who stood in the Home Rule interest, has been elected successor to Mr Alex. M'Arthur, M.P. for Leicester. The following members have been elected unopposed : —Messrs T. Barry (Windsor), S. Evershed (Burton), Sir Michael Hicks-Beach (Bristol), Right Hon. Henry Fowler (Wolverhampton), Right Hon. C. Yilliers (Wolverhampton), Sir John Lubbock (London University), Sir J. Weston (Bristol), Mr J. HennikerHeaton (Canterbury), J. A. Picton (Leicester). Mr Dibbs, Premier of New South Wales, had lunch to-day with the Queen, and subsequently had a short interview with her Majesty in the presence of Lord Knutsford, Secretary of State for the Colonies.

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

(per untied press association.) Received July 4, at 1 a.m.] Sydney, July 3. Arrived—Ardle, from Timaru.