BRITISH & FOREIGN.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 8975, 15 October 1900, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN.

« (Electric Telegraph— Copyright— United Press Association.) LONDON, Oct. 13. The Karl of Hopßtoun has been decorated with the Grand Crosß of the Victorian Order. Oot. 14.— Dalgety and Company have declared a dividend of 4s a share, and carried forward £36,062. The Right Hon. H. H. Asquith's London house has been burned, and a fine colleetiou of pictures destroyed. VIENNA, Oct. 13. Count Revertera, Austrian Ambassador at the Vatican, lias been suddenly recalled for failing to adequately defend Hungary in the matter of civil marriages. ROME, Oct. 13. Owing to the Pope's strictures on the Emperor Franz Joseph, the relations between Austria and the Vatican are strained. BERLIN, Oct. 13. The Empress Frederick, whoße health has recently been the cause of anxiety, haa suffered a relapse. She is suffering from an affection of the kidneys. Professor Reuveri, of Berlin, has been summoned to Kronberg. The limperor has cancelled all engagements, and is staying in the vicinity of his mother's residence. WASHINGTON, OoiTISTMr Grover Cleveland, like Mr Harrison, reiterated anti-Silver views. Both assert that the issue of the present election is the same as in 1896. OTTAWA, Oct. 13. At the elections Sir Charles Tupper, leader of the Opposition, fights Sir Wilfrid Laurier for giving Great Britain preferenI tial taiiff treatment without receiving corresponding advantages. A seotion of the Liberals attack the Government on the ground of participating in the South African war. The Canadian Parliament has dissolved. The elections will be held on November 7th. PARIS, Oct. 14. Owing to complaints regarding the administration of the French possession in Cambodia, M. Duces, the Resident, and another official have been recalled. " Plague has broken out at Tamatave, Madagascar. CAPETOWN, Oct. 14. The South African League has decided to invite the Duke and Duohess of York to call at Capetown en route to Australia, and also urged that a preferential tariff be arranged with Great Britain. A re-union of old colonists to commemorate the arrival in 1842 of the pioneer colonists by the ships Duchess of Argyle, Jane Gifford, Brilliant, and others was held at Auckland on Saturday. The proceedings were highly successful. IT IS DANGEROUS. TO NEGLECT A COLD. Pneumonia is one of the most dangerous and fatal diseases. It always results from a cold. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy will quickly cure a cold, and perhaps prevent an attack of pneumonia. It is in fact made especially for that ailment, and has become famous for its cures over a large part of the civilised world. It counteracts any ten dency of a cold towards pneumonir. Can you afford to neglect your cold when ao reliable a remedy can be had for a trifle For sale by E. D. Smith ; price Is 6d, big size 3s. — Advt.