British and Foreign Telegrams

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 8636, 23 November 1889, Page 2

British and Foreign Telegrams

B i t> lerfrw Telegraph. — United Press Association Copyright- 'ieonved 2*111189. — 3.30 p.m. TRUST INVESTMENTS IN COLONIAL SECURITIES. London, November 21. A committee of colonists have been discussing the Imperial Bill for sanctioning the investment of trust moneys in colonial securities. Sir Graham Berry questioned certain demands made on the colonies, but Sir F. Dillon Bell thinks it safe to agree, since the bill makes it optional for the colonies to adopt the Imperial Act. DENTIST SHOOTS A JUDGE. A German dentist has dangerously wounded the County Court Judge of Nottingham. It appears he committed the act owing to a case in which the Judge had given a decision against him. MODERATOR OF CHURCH OF SCOTLAND. Dr Boyd has been nominated Moderator of the Church of Scotland, and Dr Thomas Brown as Moderator of the Free Church. THE STRIKE AT THE DOCKS. The English Coastwise Companies threaten to work their vessels nt the colonial wharves unless the demands on them cease. The men threaten to block the colonial vessels. This will not affect mail steamers. The Dockers' Union are organising a Board of Arbitrators, to which the Dock Companies are favorable. AUSTRALIAN CRUISER LAUNCHED Another Australian cruiser is to be launched on December 14, and is to be named Elswick. ABOLITION OF MATCH MONOPOLY. Paris, November 22. The Chamber of Deputies has insisted on the abolition of the monopoly in the manufacture of matches, and the Government were defeated on the question by a majority of 7G. INCREASE IN GERMAN ARMY. Berlin, November 22. The Minister of "War has announced in the Reichstag that a Select Committee has approved of the organising of two army corps, and lie declared that the increase was not due to the French Army Bill. NEWS FROM STANLEY. Zanzibar, November 22. Stanley writes that they had four days' continuous fighting in South Victoria Nyanza, because the natives believed Emm's people were cannibals, and they were obliged to carry a number of invalids a thousand miles on hammocks. MOSS BEY IMPRISONED. Constantinople, November 22. The Sultan his imprisoned Moss Bey. PUGILISM. San Fbancisco, November 22. Billy McCarthy, an Australian, beat Killcher, of Boston, in twenty-one rounds, for a purse of eighteen hundred dollars. The Californian Athletic Club will subscribe 10,000 dollars if Sullivan and Jackson box to a finish.