BRITISH & FOREIGN

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XVII, Issue 5672, 20 January 1890, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN

(By K-J < - t0 r<S'<!^( v ill — ,«r;.',', i I'.Var. .1 uou'ioii. — Jin • Jv"d .1 iuj > i!) i" uiu in LONDON. .lan. 17 Arrived : -Shi}) Kirkcudbrightshire from 'Lytwh.m (OjtobeviM) ) I'l'jiicijss M.uvlo, who Ins been suffering from .hi attack of iutluiuiss'i, is now recovering. The New Zealand Trust and Loan Co. has declared a dividend of 10 per cent, and the National Mortgage and Agency Go. of Now Zealand (Ltd) a dividend of 5 per cent. From advices to hand from Paris md New York the mortality from influenza does not appear to be increasing. Experiments made on board H.M.S. Benbow have proved that her 100 ton gun is defective. The remains of the late Lord Napier of Magtlala will be interred in the crypt of St. Paul's. Sir William J. D. Jervois presided at the United Service Institute last evening, when Colonel Robert Elias read a paper on Colonial Defences. He contended that in order to meet any emergency Australia must be self dependent in matters of defence, and that this end might be attained he suggested the amalgamation of all Colonial Forces, the holding of manoeuvres in convenient centres, and connection by rail between all Australian colonies. (Received Jan. 19, 1 *.m.) ' Jan. 18. Arrangements are being made to double , the present fleet of Nordcleutscher -Lloyd | line to Australia. ■ . ■ The death is announced of the Duke of Aostn, formerly King of-,Spain"., r y '•*'.' Parleying has been refunded with Wash--ington in connection' with the Bohring Fisheries dispute. America now seems inclined to abandon her claim to exclusive ownership of the fisheries. Slavin has challenged Sullivan for £2500 aside, and has made a deposit of LSOO. He has also expressed his willingness to box Sullivan for LIOOO aside if the Athletic Club will give L3OOO. The "funeral of Lord Napier is to be carried out on a grand scale. "* Five hundred wharf men at Bermondsey have struck for payment during meal hours. Jan. 19. An irrigation trust is being formed. Sir W. Jorvois and Mr W &. Harper visit Australia in the spring to formulate the schemes. BERLIN, Jan. 17. The colliery hands in Westphalia are now demanding a reduction of the hours of labor to eight hours per day, and an increase of wages by fifty per cent. Jan. 18, The port stokers and coalmen of Hamburg have struck owing to a reduction in the rate of wages. Ten thousand miners of Charleroi have renewed the strike. Brussels; Jan. 17 The Belgian Government have instituted an " Injury Fund" of two million francs for workmen in the employment of the Government. MADRID, Jan. 18. Ex-Queen Regent Christina has naked Senhor Martinez to form a new Cabinet.' CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 18. There are symptoms of further trouble in Crete. NEW YORK, Jan. 17. Sullivan declines to fight Slavin, unless the stakes be increased to 20.000 dollars. The Johnstown Flood Relief Fund has reached L 590,000. CAIRO, Jan. 16. . News is to hand of a terrible famine in the Soudan. The mortality is reported to be enormous and it is stated' that the' Mahdist forces have been disbanded in consequence. (Received Jan. 20, 12.30 p. m) Jan. 19. The Khedive has promised Emm a high post at Suakim or Waddy Haifa. BALTIMORE, Jan. 19. A large grain - elevator, containing 700,000 bushels of grain, has been burned. RIO DE JANIERO, Jm 17. The Tongariro sailed to-day for London. She went through the Straits of Magellan. ' ZANZIBAR, Jan. 17. ! The British East Indian squadron is , again assembled here. , [Special to Pj&ess Association.] \ London, Jan. 17. ■ The Judge's summing up in the libel action against Mr Parke was adverse to \ the defendant. His Honor characterised i it as an atrocious libel. Mr- Parke alleges j that the witnesses on whom he relied betrayed him. ; - . The case in which Colonel Mallison was mulcted in LIOOO damages was a. libel action brought against him by Mr Herbert Gladstone for saying that ,the lattei: would shortly have figured as co-respondent in a divorce suit but that his. father, had aquared the affair. . Chicago, Jan. 17, It is believed that Burke is likely to make a confession regarding Dr Cronin's murder.