BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2980, 2 January 1901, Page 2

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

LAST NIGHTS CABLE.

United Press Association—Per Electric Telegraph—Copyright. FRANCE AND RELIGIOUS ASSOCIATIONS. Received 8.56 a.m., December 31st. PARIS, December 30. His Holiness thd Pope, in a letter to the Archbishop of Paris, states that foreign will gradually supersede French missionaries if France strikes a blow at religious associations.' BREACH OF PROMISE. Mrs Brodie obtained a verdict for £SOOO damages for breach of promise. Received 1.45 a.m., January Ist. THE DREYFUS CASE. M. Rosseau refuses Captain Dreyfus’ request for an enquiry. TURKEY APOLOGISES. CONSTANTINOPLE, December 31. ■ The Turkish Governmeht nave made amends to Mr de Bunsen for the recent attack by Turkish soldiers. LONDON, December 30. The American visible supply of wheat is estimated at 87,926,000 bushels. Received 10.12 a.m., January Ist. ' ASHANTEE. LONDON, December 31. Every rebel chief in Ashantee has surrendered. Received 8.55 a.m., January Ist. THE MARQUIS OF DUFFERIN. The Marquis of Dufierin resigned from the London and Globe Finance Corporation last week before starting for South Africa. THE NEW THEATRE FRANOAIS. PARIS, December 31. The new Theatre Francais, the finest in Paris, was opened in the presence of hi. Loubet.

THE ALAMEDA’S MAILS. LONDON, December 31

The Australian mails by the Alameda left San Francisco on Monday, at 6 o’clock in the evening, and were put on board the Campania at New York at 10 o’clock on Saturday morning.

Received 6.35 p.m., January Ist. A FRAUDULENT CARGO. ROME, December 31. The steamer Afghanistan, which is ashore at Sicily, purported to be laden with coal for Jiboutil, but in reality she had guns and ammunition from Marseilles. THE SYRIAN U. .vSTfANS. His Holiness .the Pope 1h?. eatens a possible transfer of ihe French probed orate of Christians in Syria and efsew here to Germany. Received 11.8 p.m., January Ist. PERSONAL. LONDON, January 1. Lord Carrington knows nothing of. his reported appointment to the High Commissionership of Australia in London. NEW YEAR HONOURS. Received 12.55 a.m., January 2nd. The New Year’s honours are:—Knighthoods—Hiram S. Maxim, of gun fame; Henry Miller, Speaker of the New Zealand Legislative Council. Grand Crosses of the Bath—Sir Alfred Milner, Mr Justice Rorner, Sir Francis Mowat, Permanent Secretary to the Treasury; also the Federal honours .already cabled through Lord Hopetoun.