BRITISH & FOREIGN.
Pren Astotiatton— Electric Telegraph— OopyiipM. LONDON, June 22. Obituary : Lord Forrester. The Dutch Government, m reply to British representations regarding the seizure of the Costa Rica packet, states that the question is still under consideration. Lord Kimberley has forwarded another communication insisting on an early decision of the case. The Hon. A. J. Balfour, addressing a meeting of dissenters, said there would probably be momentous changes m the next two decades. Socialism was doomed to failure because it did not contain the essential principal of a fair profit to the best individual. Without this no theories were likely to be realised. CONSTANTINOPLE, June 23. The Khedive arrives here on Monday. The Sultan is reported to be incensed at the British invitation to the Khedive to visit England without first consulting him. WASHINGTON, June 22. The Senate has fixed six years as the duration of the income tax. CALCUTTA, June 22. The Indian Currency Association has recommended reducing the currency by the sale of bullion, and by raising the price of the rupee to Is s£d. [The present value of the rupee m English money is la 4<i.] ZANZIBAR, June 22. It is believed the French Government will establish a naval station at Fort Dauphin, m Madagascar.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 7011, 25 June 1894, Page 2
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