BRITISH & FOREIGN

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7450, 2 October 1895, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN

Press Association— Electric Telegraph— Copyright. LONDON, Sect. 30. The Hull Municipal Committee recommend the building of cold stores at an estimated cost of £40,000. Storage will be provided for 40,000 sheep and 300 cattle. Re-insurance premiums of over ten guineas per cent, are being paid on the ship Timaru, now overdue from Melbourne to London. Oct. I.— Clements Markham, CD., in the Nineteenth Century, declares that a naval expedition will be the only means of effectual exploration in the Antartic, and urges the Government to undertake the expedition. The Times, referring to the acceptauce by China of the British ultimatum with respect to the Viceroy of Scechuen, states that ifc is unprecedented to degrade a Viceroy by an Imperial edict, and the celerity of the Chinese submission has astonished Europe. Obituary : J. E. Taylor, scientist. Lord Brassey, in the Nineteenth Century, criticises the recent experiments of the Indian currency, and admits that closing the mint is still a trial. The Archbishop of Canterbury has invited the leading churchmen to confer as to the principles of State relief and voluntary aid to schools, with a view to arrive at a common understanding with other religious bodies. Cardinal Vaughan is moving in a similar direction. The revenue for the quarter ended 30th September is £23,858,151. Stamp and excise duties have immensely increased. The Standard considers that the end ot the year will probably Bee a huge surplus. PARIS, Oct. 1. M. Pasteur, wishing to be buried in the " Institute Pasteur," his widow declined the offer for his remains to be placed in. the Pantheon, although she accepts a Bervice in Notre Dame.