BRITISH & FOREIGN.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 7654, 12 June 1896, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN.

Freat Attoaiation— Electric Tcltoraph — Copyright. LONDON, June 9. The Kaiser's yacht Meteor defeated the Britannia for the third time. June 10. — Mrs Dyer, convicted of whole* sale infanticide, was hanged to-day. May Gore, the actress, sued Lord Dudley for £15,000 damages for breach of promise. A verdict was returned for defendant, who, however, agreed to settle £3000 on the plaintiff. ROME, June 9. The Duke of Sermoneta stated in the House that if a great force attacked Kaasala there would be a difficulty in relieving the garrison. He trusted tnat a few monthß would solve the problem. MADRID, June 10. Forty seven anarchists have been arrested at Barcelona and a quantity of bombs have been seized. ATHENS, June 11. The Turkish troops wrecked three churches in Crete. SAN FRANCISCO, June 11. Miss Mayne Worrall, a wealthy English visitor, en route for Australia, died suddenly at the Palace hotel. Ab the inquest a verdict was returned that death was the result of poison. BERLIN, June 11. The Budget Committee has refused to defray the cost of transfer of territory of the German New Guinea Co. to Imperial control.