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Temuka Leader, Issue 3924, 24 July 1902, Page 1

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ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. LONDON, July 20. Lillli* business has been done in I (lie Victorian new loan, which is quoited al a slight discount. | Mr Balfour, speaking at Fulham, i said that Mr Chamberlain's personality had breathed a new r. Oration into colonial affairs. No one henceforth could regard the colonies as insignificant. They were the glory of ; Croat Britain. If the Imperial Con i ference resulted in increasing pros- | perity in time of peace and greater I strength in time of war, it would, even if there was no formal agreement or discussion, bind different portions of the Empire more closely. July 21. The King reviews the Indian troops an ' The' principal construction firms in America have formed a sixty million dollars trust, and secured important contracts for buildings in London. Cholera is reported to he raging at Moosha, near Assiout. A cordon has been established over the infected area. Cardinal iUoran, who is visiting Ireland, in responding 1o the Bray District Council’s address of welcome declared Unit the people of Australia were in sympathy with Ireland. The Coronation Naval Review is to be held on August 16th. The recent utterances of Lord Lam; downc in emphasising the maintenance of the “ status quo” m the Mediterranean, has excited disquietude among the Italian Government organs, whoso comments show a desire to hasten the occupation of Tripoli. At the instance of Mr Scddon, the War Ollice has abandoned Inc charge of 10s per hundred rounds .hitherto paid by colonial teams at Bisley. The colonial Premiers attended a garden fete at Hatfield Hall on Saturday. Apart from country visitors, six special trains conveyed the Marquis of Salisbury’s London guests to the Hatfield garden fete, the guests included many leading representatives of Parliament, Public Services, Church, science, art, and literature. Lord Francis Hope recently obtained a divorce from his wife, formerly Miss May Yohc, an American actress on the ground of her adultery with Major Strong, of New York. An interesting sequel to the case has now developed. Major Strong, who promised to marry Miss Yohc directly the decree nisi was made absolute, has pawned £20,000 worth of her jewels for £IOOO, and disappeared. He left a letter stating that he intended to commit suicide, and sent his mother the pawn tickets. The Standard, the New York Times, and the Sun report that Mr Crimins, an influential Irish American, recently visited Ireland to enquire into the claims of (he Irish Nationalist Party to the sympathy of the people of America. He declares that Ireland is contented and prosperous, and Hurt this condition is largely due m me operations of the Board of Agriculture and the Urban and Rural Councils. Employment is open to every healthy man who wishes to work on the land. Rent appraisals by the Land Commission arc fair and liberal, hut the compulsoty purchase system will alone, settle the land question. Scotland, New Zealand, and Canada have protested against the result of the Mackinnon Cup Match. Privates Lake and Ballinger made (he highest possible scores a( the 200 yards stage of the King’s Prize. At the instance, of Mr Reeves, Ag-ent-General for New Zealand, a butcher was lined £5 and costs at Sheffield for selling River Plate for New Zealand mutton. BERLIN, July 21. The lug Hausa cut down the pleasure steamer Primus, near Hamburg. One hundred and eighty-five people were on board the Primus, and fifty were drowned. BOMBAY, July 21, A man believed to be Rana Beni Mahdu, of Shankarpur, who figured as a prominent leader in the great mutiny of 1858, has been arrested at Lucknow, for preaching sedition. NEW YORK, July 21. The total loss caused by the anthracite miners’ strike to date is £11,000,000, and the National Convention of the United Mine-workers has issued an appeal to the public. Mr John William McKay, the millionaire, is dead ; aged 71 years. The saddle between the craters of Mount Soufriere, Saint Vincent, lias collapsed, blocking the throat of the volcano. The imprisoned gas and steam caused a number of subterranean explosions and earthquakes. A panic ensued, and business was suspended at Kingstown. A great fire at Guayaquil, Ecuador, destroyed the railway station, Customs houses, and ninety blocks of buildings in the principal streets. The damage is estimated at 5,000,000 dollars. There were many fatalities. The damage by the Martinique disaster is officially estimated at £8,000,000. OTTAWA, July 21. The Canadian Government are inviting tenders from Liverpool shipowners for eighteen-knot steamers, between Vancouver, Australia, and points of call in the Pacific. The Manufacturers’ Association of Toronto will banquet Sir E. Barton, Sir John Forrest, and Mr Seddon, when they visit Canada.