YESTERDAY’S CABLE.
BRITISH AND_ FOREIGN. Per Electric Telegraph—Copyright. Per Press Association. GOVERNORSHIP OF NEW SOUTH WALES. London, June 6. The (Scotsman says that the Government supporters would regard the appointment of Sir A. Hayter to the Governorship of New South Wales as an indication of the speedy dissolution of Parliament. THE AMEER’S SON,
Nasraillah Khan, the Ameer’s son, reviewed 17,000 troops at Aldershot, He specially admired the artillery. The Lord Mayor of London receives him in state at Guildhall to-day, and presents an address enclosed in a gold casket. THE EARL OF HOPETOUN. The Earl of Hopotoun, speaking at a banquet, said that he would not attempt to conceal that the situation in Victoria was serious. The colony had met its troubles honestly, and tried to re-estab-lish its credit in the eyes of the world. A better and sounder tone prevailed at the time he left than for some years past. He had been informed that business was now brisk, OSCAR WILDE. The governor of the gaol denies that Oscar Wilde is insane. At first the convict was kept at the treadmill for six hours a day, but as his health is not good he is at present engaged in the lighter occupation of picking oakum. ARTHUR ORTON, June 7. In his confession as published in The People , Arthur Orton tells of the meeting he had in Paris with Clutiliou, Tichborne’s tutor, who declined to believe his identity. Orton showed him a scar he had similar to the scar known to be on Tichborne’s body and produced other proofs of recognition, but still the tutor refused to believe his story. He afterwards met Carter who was formerly a priyate in the caribineera. Carter believed his assertion that he was Tichboyne, and was able to give him much news regarding the officers of the regiment. He subsequently engaged Carter as his servant.
ARMENIA, Constantinople, June 7. Turkey has rejected the demands of the Great Powers with regard to the reforms in Armenia in toto. The Sultan declares that the reforms are unnecessary, and denies the right of the powers to interfere, as nothing unusual has occurred. FATAL WATERSPOUT. Berlin, June 7. A waterspout burst and swept the Wurtemburg district, causing a considerable amount of damage. Thirty-two people were drowned in the flood, and a number of others are missing.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 8228, 8 June 1895, Page 1
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