BRITISH AND FOREIGN.
Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LORD HOPETOUN. London, May 12. Lord Hopetonn was received on his arrival at Edinburgh with ringing cheers from the people in the streets, and cries of *- Welcome home." Replying to an address from his tenantry, he attributed any success he had met with in Australia to the cordial cooperation and hearcy goodwill of the colonists. The gentlemen of his county intend to present him with an address. COMMERCIAL. Tallow ■.Medium mutton, 22s 6d: do beef ■21s. The English wheat market has an upward tendency, while the Continental is firm, and the American is changing a little for the worse. REFORMS IN/ARMENIA. May 13. The British, French, and Russian joint scheme of reforms demanded in Armenia has been handed to the Saltan. CAN A PEER SIT IN THE COMMONS. Viscount Wolmer intends to raise the question whether a succession to ths peerage vacates the seat in the House of Commons. A. DESPERATE BATTLE. Tangier, May 13. Six hundred Moors were killed in ah intertribal battle at Quedbourir, in Morocco. A DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED.
Brussels, May 13. Madame Joniauz's sentence of deatfc for poisoning her relatives has -been commuted to penal servitude for life.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 10359, 14 May 1895, Page 4
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