BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Otago Witness, Issue 2410, 10 May 1900, Page 13

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

LONDON, May 1. Since last wool sales 262,500 bales have arrived, 7550 being forwarded direct to consumers, leaving 292,000 available for bhe next series. . | The total quantit}' of wheat and flour j afloat for the United Kingdom is 3,395,000 quarters, and for the Continent 1,625,000 quarters. | The Archbishops have decided that the Gnurch of England does not permit reservation in regard to the sacraments in any form. The House of Commons has voted an additional two millions towards the construction of the Uganda railway. A gigantic telescope which has been erected at Paris reveals flames and prominences on the sun's surface, which have hdtherto only been perceptible on its edge. May 2. The copper supplies for the month Avero 27,155 tons, deliveries 24,312 tons, stocks 27,475 tons, afloat and advised 3525 tons. Tin: Stock 15,503 tons, spot 4940 tons, afloat 1476 tons, deliveries 2914 tons.. Tallow : Stock 16,751 casks, imports 5966 casks, deliveries 3934 casks. At the weekly tallow sales 1525 casks were offered and 269 sold. Prices "for all kinds remain unchanged. A meeting of investors in mining and pastoral properties, representing 20,000,000 of capital, decided to. jjetitiou for the sus-

pension or amendment of the New South Wales "Death Duties Act. May 4. j" At ' r fha parliamentary by-election for i Portsmouth to fill Mr W. O. Clough's vacant seat Mr Bransdon (Liberal) defeated the Conservative candidate by an increased majority of 579 votes. rPoi-tsaiouth returns two Liberal members. { The political representation remains tinal- | tercd.] The Trust Agency Company of Australia, after taking £2000 irom the dividend reserve fund, shows a profit for the year of £71,491. A dividend of 10 per | cent, has been declared, and £127 carried forward. j May 6. i The Queen has given 500 guinea.* and the I Prince of Wales 250 guineas to the Ottawa lire relief fund. PARIS, April 30. An unfinished bi"idge over a street intersecting the exhibition collapsed to-day. Eight persons were killed and sixty perspns in the crowd more or less injured. BERLIN, May 5. The compromise between the Agrarian and the Clerical parties has resulted in the Reichstag reducing the Kaiser's naval programme by 13 cruisers, which were when completed chiefly intended for foreign service. There were brilliant celebrations in Germany in 'honour of the coming of age of the Crown Prince of Prussia. The Emperor of Austria specially visited Berlin for the occasion, and took part - in the celebrations. NEW YORK, May 4. Aliss Olga Nethersole is suing a Presbyterian minister for libelling her from the pulpit in connection with the anti- " Sappho " crusade in New York. ! May 2. Through a blasting explosion at the Schofield mine, in the State of Utah, 200 miners were killed. May 3. 1+ is feared that 400 men have perished in the Schofield mine. The blasting operations fired the coal dust. May. 5. The Presbyterian minister against whom Miss Olga Nethersole, the actress, had issued a writ for libel in connection with 1 the anti-" Sappho " crusade has from his I pulpit apologised to Miss Nethersole. WASHINGTON, May 1. Mr E. Root, the American Secretary of War, has warned the Americans that they will in a few years be forced to fight or abandon the Monroe doctrine. Mr Root is supposed to have referred to Germany's action in connection with Brazil. May 4. The House passed, by a large majority, the Nicaraguan Canal Bill, providing for the protection, but not the fortification, of the Canal.