TELEGRAPHIC.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 5009, 17 May 1889, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN,

(Per Electric Telegraph—Copyright.

(Pee Press Association.)

(Received 10.20 p.m., May 16th.) THE RINGMASTER PROTEST.

London, May 15,

The objection laid against Ringmaster being awarded tho stakes in the Great Northern Handicap on the ground that the jockey was not a bona fide apprentice, has been overruled as frivolous. THE MISSING GOLD. The first discovery of the fact that gold was missing from the Orient Company’s steamer Iberia was made on the arrival of tho vessel at London.' Tho company assume tljat possibly the money was short shipped at Sydney. COLONEL SARGOOD. It is reported that Colonel Sargood, of Melbourne, will be made a Knight Commander of St. Michael and St, George on Her Majesty’s Birthday. REDUCTION OF FREIGHTS. The shipping committee have decided on a reduction of freights by 2s Od per ton all round, after the despatch of vessels at present loading. (Received 1.30 p.m., May 17th.) MRS. LANGTRY. London, May 16. It is likely that Mr Garner, of the firm of Williamson, Garner and Musgrove, will engage Mrs Langtry for a throe months’ tour in Australia. THE FRENCH IN SYRIA. Constantinople. May 16. The Porte is very jealous of French political activity in Syria.

THE COMPTOIR d’ESCOMFTE.

Paris, May 16.

Eight thousand shares of the new Comptoir d’Escompte, which were placed in tiie market, have been subscribed twofold. THE SUN’S ATMOSPHERE, M. Janieson, director of the Mendoza Observatory, declares that experiments made at the top of the Eiffel Tower have proved that there is no oxygen in the atmosphere of the sun. (Special to tee Press Association.) (Received 10 a.m., May 16th.) CHEAP MONEY. London, May 15, Financiers consider that it was unwise of New Soujh Wales to pledge herself not to borrow again within a given period. They consider that the present juncture is the most opportune that could possibly exist for floating a loan. THREATENED LIBEL ACTION. Mr O’Brien intends to sue the Marquis of Salisbury for alleged libel and slander in the speech delivered by the Premier at Walford in March. MR W. L. BRIGHT. Mr W. L. Bright, member for Stoke upon Trent, will include New Zealand in his colonial tour, DISESTABLISHMENT. The House of Commons have rejected the proposal for the disestablishment of the Church in Wales.

THE WESTPHALIAN COLLIERS’

STRIKE,

Beelin, May 15

in accordance with Ida promise the Emperor received a deputation of the Westphalian strikers to-day. After hearing what they had to say he urged them to resume work.

FIGHTING IN SUMATRA. Singapoeb, May 15,

In an encounter between the Dutch and the natives of Achoen in Sumatra, 30 of the former were killed or wounded.

EXEMPTION FROM TAXATION, Vienna, May 15.

The Austrian Government are exempting from taxation for twenty-four years new workmen’s dwellings built on modern approved principles.