PRINCE GEORGE RECOVERED.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XL, Issue 9257, 5 December 1891, Page 2

PRINCE GEORGE RECOVERED.

< • Londok, December 4. „ Erin,ce George is convalescent, and an "official bulletin has been issued to that effect*. nv<V- SERVICE RESERVE. Sir J. . Ferguson includes naval pensions in his scheme for employment 'pftaervicereserye aa rural postmen. QN$ POUND NOTES. ' Tlie' Chancellor of tho Exchequer proposes that when the issue of pound notes by the Bank of England reaches fifteen" millions, any additional issue shall be baaed on gold only. Mr Brpdfa Hoare, in n letter to The Times, contends that Mr Goschen's onepotind note scheme offers singularly infinitesimal advantages, and will tend t&diininishTtho effective power of the rrtteof interest to draw gold into the oountrj^-^-^ £ - '-> : - STRICT DISCIPLINE. The Cambridge University authorities .have sentenced a girl to a fortnight's imprisonment for' being in company with •an undergraduate. DIVORCE CASE. legal advisers of the Duke of drWris allege that Mr Armstrong can only proceed in the Dublin Courts for crtnr con. ■ SUSPENSION* OF MELBOURNE ,. iV, .BANK., The suspension of the Standard Bank in Melbourne has caused intense surprisc r in the 'City. There are five hundred shareholders, and nearly three hunched thousand pounds of deposits in London. :'f/" RIOTS IN CHINA. :\Thc Shanghai correspondent of the Standard telegraphs that tho Consuls at Pelcin have applied for naval protection, tire populace being hostile. The' rebels arc reported to have been defeated in the cast and north, and six hundred killed. Sir J. "Walsham, the British Minister at,Pckin,, telegraphs that Europeans were killed in the Mongolian revolt. : "SALE OF PLANT AND GOODWILL. Pabis, December 3. - The plant and gwdwill of the Societe De Metaux was submitted to auction, and realised eighteen million francs. DISTURBANCE IN CHINA. The German Government is disinclined to land troops in China, and the success of French efforts to obtain the united action of the Powers in the matter is dpubtful. A< EMIN PASHA TO BE REINSTATED. ""■"* - - Berlin, December 4. It is believed in Berlin that Emm Pasha will be reinstated in his former position in AVadelia. CORRUPTION IN CANADA. 1 ' ■ Ottawa, December 4. TMr P. Bradley, Secretary of the Canadian Railway Department, has been dismissed from his position, owing to charges of having defrauded being preferred against him. DEATHS IN GUATEMALA. New York, December 4. Five thousand persons are reported to have died of starvation and. the disease caused by prolonged drought in the oheapa3 district of Guatemala. AMERICAN DUTIES. Washington, December 4. The American Government intend to impose a duty of 2^ cents per Ib on Austrian beet sugar, unless that country admits American pork. CESSION OF AFRICAN <"* TERRITORY. v Capetown, "December 1. Xobenquella, King of Matabelland, has deeded ,the rights of settlement throughout his dominion to the British, South African Company. EMIN PASHA. , 1 '* Zanzibau, December 4. • Now.-? has been received here that Kuiin Pasha has reached Lake Nyanza, nhere ho was welcomed by 900Q 1 natives.