BRITISH & FOREIGN

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XX, Issue 6784, 22 September 1893, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN

• Prets Association— Electric Telegraph— (Copyright LONDON, Srpt. 20. There are signs of the collapse of the miners strike everywhere, except in Yorkshire and Lancashire. The quay was crowded when the Germania loft for America with the Australian cricketers. Three cheers were given for the team, who replied with three for England. I& is unlikely that they will play in New Zealand, but it has not yet been decided whether to visit Queensland or not. It lias been reported that Archbishop Walsh has gone on a secret mission to America to induce the Catholic hierarchy to assist in forming a Parliamentary fund. Mr Asquith, Home Secretary, in the House of Commons denounced the cant of the Labor leaders in attacking the Crown for merely preventing rioting and marauding in Yorkshire. He declined to withdraw the forces at present. Sept. 21.— Leo Percy, a discarded lover, shot dead Bessie Montague, an actress at the Umpire Theatre, and his rival named Garcicr. He then committed suicide. The Homo Secretary has promised to hold an enquiry into the circumstances connected with the firing by the troops on the miners afe Featherstonc on Sept. Bth, when several were shot dead. It is rumored that New South Wales is about to float ono and a half millions worth of 4£ per cent. Treasury bills, having a currency of four years. The Financial Times asserts that fcho Victorian Government favor the issuing of a conversion loan ah a minimum of 93, but a majority of dealers and brokers prefer that a ;,£ per cent, loan be issued at 84, and that the latter course is likely to be adopted. The Rugby Union has rejected the proposal to legalize professionalism in football. PARIS, Sbpt. 21. French miners have agreed to submit the matters in dispute to arbitration. BERLIN, Sept. 21. The German press warmly applaud the Emperor's offer to Prince Bismarck of a residence in the Imperial castle during the latter's illness. WASHINGTON, Sei>t. 21. In the conflict between the lynchers and the militia at Roanoke gaol 11 were killed and 19 wounded. The Chicago exhibition will close at the end of October.