BRITISH & FOREIGN.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 7664, 26 June 1896, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN.

«. — — . — Press Association—Electric Telegrapl*— Copyright. LONDON. June 24. The Queen has subscribed £100 to the Drummond Cistle relief fund. The Christians iv Crete are refusing the relief proffered by Turkish officials. Melbourne Brewery debenture holders have authorised the issue of an additional 40,000 shares, which have been placed at a reduced interest of five per cent. The relief fund in aid of the relatives ot those lost in the Drummond Castle wreck has reached £10,000. June 25.— While the H.M.S. Blake was doing a trial run at full speed, an exhaust pipe bursb, and one of the port boilers collapsed. One stoker was killed and five injured. The Monowai Gold Mining Company of New Zealaud with v capital of £150,000 is being floated. £25,000 worth of shares are to be offered to the public. Profussor Gerlock, who leaves on au Antarctic expedition, sails in September in the whaler Beloica. The Oxford University has conferred the Doctorship of Law on Messrs Chamberlain, Morley, and Baird. OTTAWA, June 24. The Canadian Liberals have obtained a majority of 36 io the general election. There haß been a remarkable change in the feeling of electors in the province of Quebec owing to discontent with the education policy in Manitoba. MADRID, June 25. Alarmed at the iuJicatious of sympathy in the United fciutea with the insurgents, the ijpanish Government has determiueii to send forty thousand more men into Cuba before January. Two Anarchists have been arrested on suspicion of being connected with the recent bomb outrages. CAPETOWN, June 25. The Legislative Assembly has carried a resolution demanding that payments towards the Basutoland deficit shall cease. CAIRO, Junb 25. Refugees from Suarda sUte that the pcoj.\ there are longing for the protection ot the British Government. ' ONTARIO, June 25. In the proviuce of Quebec four Ministers were defeated and this turned the scale agaiust the Government. The Catholic Bishops were in favor of the Government, but their support was useless. Mr Laurier's party secured fifty seats, and this result is regarded as a protest against clerical domination. NEW YORK, June 25. New York democrats have adopted the gold standard.