HOME AND FOREIGN NEWS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XX, Issue 6224, 5 April 1895, Page 1

HOME AND FOREIGN NEWS.

(PER UNITED PRES3 ASSOCIATION.) Received April 4, at 10.30 p.m. London, April 4. The Inspector of the Board of Trade, after a preliminary enquiry into the loss of the Colintrgve, from Newcastle to San Francisco, reports that he is unable toaccount for the loss. Oscar Wilde was subjected to a stringent cross-examination, with a view of showing that "Dorian Grey" and some articles in the magazine Chameleon, with which he is connected, are of an immoral tendency. Wilde insisted that they are merely the expression of an artistic faculty. His letters to Lord A. Douglas were prose poems, extraordinary, perhaps, but not justifying an immoral interpretation. He admitted that he gave one of his alleged blackmailers L2l, and lunched ivith him in a private room afterwards. The case has been adjourned. Defendant was admitted to bail. Silver, 2s 6|d The estimated American visible supply of wheat is 91,300,000 bushels. Buenos Ayres, April 4. J abez Balfour has left Salta for Buenos Ayres, in custody. Received April 5, at 1 a. m. Calcutta, April 4 1 * The Chitral expedition is experiencing great difficulty with the transport service, owing to the roughness of the country and the rapid rate at which the troops are marching. They are advancing at top speed. The second and third brigades stormed Malakund Pass, after five hours' fighting. The Scottish Borderers dashed boldly at the enemy, who numbered 12,000, and they retreated with heavy loss. The British casualties were slight The advanced brigades have now crossed into Swat.