British and Foreign Telegrams

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 9287, 13 January 1892, Page 2

British and Foreign Telegrams

•"y Electric Tcttgraph. — United Presf Association CopyrigJit-'fiesfived 13J1102 —9.30 a.m. DEFAULTING SECRETARY. London, January 10. The secretary of the Portsea Island Building Society has defaulted. His accounts show a deficiency of £66,000. SUBSTITUTE FOR DIAMONDS. London, January 11. Mr Cosmo Newbury, Government Analyist and Mining Expert of Victoria, who is on a visit to Europe, on business of his department, believes that he has found a substitute for diamonds in diamond drills. DUKE OF CLARENCE ILL. ( The Duke of Teck's family are at Sandringham. The Duke of Clarence and Avondale, who is suffering from influenza and pneumonia, passed a*good night, and his strength is well maintained. His condition is favourable. INFLUENZA SPREADING. Influenza is spreading in Holland, Sweden, and Austria, and also in London. In Great Britain generally it is growing in severity. THE NEW KHEDIVE. Tho European Press infer that tho eagerness shown by the Sultan to recognise Prince Abbas as Khedive evinces a desire on his part to avoid being harassed by. the Prince. The Russian and French papers betray the wildest disappointment with the turn affairs have taken, and are again clamouring for the evacuation of Egypt by Great Britain. PASSAGE THROUGH SUEZ CANAL". Venice, January 10. } Austrian delegates are supporting the proposals brought forward by Great Britain to allow British vessels bound for British ports uninterrupted passage through the Suez Canal. The French" delegates are trying to get the proposals modified. ANARCHISTS ATTACK A TOWN. ' \ • Madrid, January 10. A gang of Anarchists, armed with 'fowling-pieces, attacked the town of Xere?, in the south of Spain, and began to pillage it. A serious fight ensued, in which- three were killed and twenty injured, before the cavalry who had come up succeeded in dispersing the fend, thirty of whom were captured. Madrid, January 11. The attack on Xeres is said to be the result of the Belgian and German anarchists' machinations in Cadiz. It is estimated that the assailants were one thousand Strong." NIHILISTS AT WORK. St. Petersburg, January 11. Two bombs were found under the -railway line during the Czar's journey to Moscow, on his way back from Copenhagen. Two arrests have been made in connection with the discovery. Electric wires were laid from the bombs into an adjacent forest. ' FRANCE AND BULGARIA. Sofia, January 11. .At. the instance of the Italian Government, who undertook to mediate in the difficulty between France and Bulgaria, the Government of the latter oountry " have withdrawn the edict 1 of expulsion against the French journalists, and the incident is closed. CAUSE OF KHEDIVE'S DEATH. . Cairo, January 11. The European doctors certify that the Khedive's death resulted from influenza, Accompanied by blood poisoning. The Egyptian doctors who were attending him injected morphia to allay the pain, being ignorant of the fact that the patient's lungs were affected. The Khedive widow and eldest daughter are both suffering from influenza. REVOLT IN YEMEN. 1 Aden, January 1L The revolt in Yemen against Turkish authority has been renewed. COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY BURNT. Washington, January 11. The University of Columbia, in Missouri, has been destroyed by tire. Tho library, containing 40,000 books, has been lost. NEW PARTY FORMED. It is reported that Senator Blame has formed a new recipiocity party, independent of political springers. SILVER COINAGE. The Chairman of the Committee of Ways J»nd Means has announced that there is not the slightest prospect of silver legislation. BEHRING SEA FISHERY DISPUTE.. The arbitration between England and the United States over the Behring Sea difficnlty is delayed, owing- to the inability of the two parties to solect their arbitrators. CLEARING OUT DISAFFECTANTS. Valparaiso, January 11. Mr Egan, the American Minister to Chile, is escorting the refugees from the Legation to the United States warships. Tho supporters of Balmaceda, who have been held in custody since the downfall of their chief, are being released by the order of President Moutt.