BRITISH & FOREIGN

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6480, 24 September 1892, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN

[Press Aatociation—BUcirie Telegraph — Copyright.] LONDON, Seft. 22. Mr Millidge had an exciting five hours' interview with the official receivers «nd the Committee appointed by the shareholders of the Mercantile Bank, who examined him severely on the whole history of that institution, and rejected his scheme of reconstruction. The Committee assert that Mr Millidge made a sorry exhibition, and declare the business a swindle. It was proposed to hold a statutory meeting on October 19th, and it was decided that a dividend of about two shillings and sixpence in £ should be payable on November 2nd. Mr Millidge says the Committee entertain the idea of criminal proceedings, but cannot succeed. Sir M. Davies always acted legally, and ia not worth sixpence now, though he was a rich man when he went into the affair. Obituary : Duke of Sutherland. Henry Fitter, a well-known meafc salesmen, complains to Mr Perceval, Agent-Goneral, that a lar,'e percentage of the frozen meat from New Zealand is delivered soft, due to defective refrigeration, hence it compares badly with the meat from River Plate and Australia. The underwriters will pay for the Elginshire as a total loss. Mr Walton, a Gladstonian, was elected for South Leeds by a majority of 948 over Mr Neville, a Conservative. Sept. 23. — A Plymouth corporation S per cent loan of a quarter of a million has been successfully floated at an average of £95 11s. The money was subscribed fourfold. Twenty-five thousand feet additional space at Chicago Fair has been granted to the British Commission. There have been large withdrawals of wool at the auction sales, owing to the ownersj limit prices not being reached. BRUSSELS, SirT. 22. The officials of the Congo Company deny any intention of occupying Wadelai. PARIS, Swt. 23. M. Loubet, Premier, and M. Floquet, in stirring speeches to-day, lauded the triumph of Republicanism. The latter declared it was necessary to grapple resolutely with social problems in order to fcolve them peacefully. Paris is brilliantly illuminated in honor of the centenary of the first declaration of the Republic, and vast crowds throng the streets with all signs of gaiety and enthusiasm. Similar festivities are being celebrated in the provinces. (Received Sept. 24, 10.20 a.m.) CALCUTTA, Sept. 23. The Horwitch expedition to Karaorum, a range of the Himalaya mountains, has discovered a lake of snow 300 square miles in extent, and a mountain 28,000 ft high. An interview between Lord Roberts and the Ameer of Afghanistan will probably take place early in December. NEW YORK, Sept. 23. True bills have been found against 162 of those who took part in the riots at Homestead.