HOME AND FOREIGN CABLE NEWS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XX, Issue 6439, 25 December 1895, Page 3

HOME AND FOREIGN CABLE NEWS.

|Bt KttctfMo Ttai»M»-CorrwiMrr.) (tva. tsnrnro rum asmjciatjo*.) ftKtivwt tfecembw 21. at 1ft.45 p^m. trfmxw. December 23. Borchftstmnk b arranging for whaler* to tnad * dostan uewnsiat* oo C»p« Adair and t«* maintain ttmm fee * year, » they m»y thoroughly explore that portion of the Antarctic region*. Mowra Vtt>*»v D«cemb«r 21. Th* Ruapehu sailed to-day for Tencriffa and Plymouth. Received C«c«uxbsr 23,, at t * jcn. Lojtdoj*, December 24. Th® National BUnlt of New Zealand has declared aa interim dividend at the rate of & per cent, per annum. to * fetter to the Times Me Young explains- that the 1 dispute with the directors o< th* New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company arose through hia ftwaf to adopt the director*' method of •sp&wning the probable deficiency. Mr Martin, chairman* in reply, says that the directors did not object tw the auditor"* reporting oo the amount of th» deficit, bat they did object to the delay in furnishing the audited balance-sheet. The Time* endorses Mr Young's action, and contends that he outfit to have received toaster time to examine the balancesheet. Lord Rosebery declares th*S the outbreak of war between two mighty nations over th# Venezuela dispute would be the greatest crime recorded in the history of the world. Stepniak the Rassianrauthor was killed at » level railway crossing at Chiawick. He paid no heed to the engine's whistle.