BRITISH & FOREIGN.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 7665, 29 June 1896, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN.

« Prest Annotation— Electric Telegrapli— Copyright, LONDON. June 26. Mr Harrison, the British official who wftß arrested by the Venezuelans while supervising the construction of a road along the left bank of the Cuyuni river, is imprisoned at Cuyuni. Nineteen other British people have been arrested. The Hon. Mr Chamberlain is communicat- '" ing with the Governments of the colonies respecting oolonial Dominations for positions on the Judicial Committee of the Privy ' Council. June 27.— At a banquet at the Eighty Club, the Hon. Mr Asquith iD proposing the health of the Hon. W. P. Reeves, AgentGeneral for New Zealand, said he was the first colonial statesman who had been the guest of the olub, and who, despite strong opposition had secured social and industrial reforms with a rapidity not equalled by any other community. He added that no colony had heen less inclined to accept Mr Chamberlain's views than New Zealand. Mr Reeves, in reply, reviewed the politics in New Zealand for the past five years, and said he foresaw a difficulty to the solidifying of the Empires. Tbe only possibility of obtaining great results was to justify any alteration in the relations of the colonies to the mother country. ■ m The tender of Messrs J. and A. Allant^fl Glasgow steamship owners, is the lowesb foa^fl a fast Atlantic .mail service. Sir Charlea^| Tupper states that the other tenders do not - comply with the conditions. Mr Harrison, who was arrested in Venezuela, has been released. Mr Young, of Adelaide, who bas been touring Europe, declares that a business in wines, fruit, and tinned meats is possible with . N Northern Europe, provided the Government properly advertise. The Prince of Wales has been installed as Chancellor of Aberystwyth University College. June 28.— The divers who have been searching for the hull of the Drummond L Castle have succeeded fn finding the wreck. PARIS, June 26. . French newspapers are excited over the frequent number of flights of carrier pigeons from Cherbourg. Junk 28 — M. Arton, of Panama scandal notoriety, has been sentenced to six years for embeßzling the funds of tbe Paris Dynamite Company. The Paris Exhibition authorities intend to raise 65 million francs by issue of lotteries. ST. PETERSBURG, June 27. ■ ' The Czar is suffering from jaundice. NEW YORK, June 28. The Cunard liner Umbria is aground at New York. CALCUTTA, June 28. The Indian Government strongly protested against payment of the expense of sending a contingent of Indian troops to Suakim.