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Oamaru Mail, Volume XX, Issue 6225, 6 April 1895, Page 1

HOME AND FOREIGN NEWS.

(per united press association.) Received April 5, at 9.15 p.m. London, April 4. Wilde admitted close intimacy with a number of young men, but denied anything improper in it. He paid no regard to social inferiority if friends were amus'irig. Lord A. Douglas' letters showed that he threatened to shoot his father if he attempted to thrash him. The Mar-quis'-letter referred to an eminent statesman, but the reference was political. Wilde's case is closed. Mr Carson, in opening the defence, declared that the plaintiff's.proteges were amongst the most immoral persons in London. Wilde's intimacies were absolutely irreconcilable withhis claims as an exponent of culture. His literature alone justified the charges against him. In conclusion he claimed that defendant's witnesses, among whom was Wood, the chief blackmailer, would prove his case to the hilt. :Received. April 6, at 1 a.m. London, April 5. Five directors of the Liberator Company have been committed for trial on charges of fraud and conspiracy. Heavy bail was imposed. Mr Buxton, in reply to a question, said it was unnecessary to consider the question of the representation of the colonies at the Monetary Conference until it was convened. Calcutta, April 5. The first brigade has captured Shatchot Pass. Another brigade is being prepared for service in Chitral.