British and Foreign Telegrams.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 9288, 14 January 1892, Page 2

British and Foreign Telegrams.

'; •' iftric Telegraph. — United Press A ssociation Copyright— Received 14',1\92 —9.50 a.m. . INFLUENZA. London, January 11. Most of tho London hospitals are full with influenza patients. Three hundred and twenty-nine cases are reported on the war-ships at Malta. Seventy deaths from influenza occurred in Paris on Sunday. Mr S. D. Waddy, M.P. for Brigg, is seriously ill. RUSSIAN JEWS. Baron Hirsch is applying for additional land in the Argentine Republic. Three colonies in Buenos Ayrs are already populated. Twenty thousand Russian Jews will be sent to Argentine this year. SCIENTIFIC WORK. London, January 12. Ihe Times, in its review of the past year's scientific work, refers to Professor Anderson Stuart's important researches in connection with the structure of the 1 eye, and expresses the opinion that his j discoveries modify the existing theories. TSAINS BURIED IN SNOW. Several trains have been buried in the I snow in Scotland, one with 300 Militia I on board being detained for twenty-four hours. GOLD DISCOVERY IN WALES. Nearly four hundred ounces of gold have been obtained from the Olagan mine, in Merionethshire. PAN-BRITANNIC BOATING CONTEST The Sportsman states that in Africa, Canada, India, and Australia tho leading .statesmen, are Presidents of University Boating Clubs, and Lord Carrington, Lord Harris, and Messrs Spofforth, Murdoch, Grenfell, Perkins, and Alcock warmly support Pan-Britannic contests, '■ ANARCHISTS AT WORK. ' , The Walsall Anarchists were engaged preparing bombs under direction of the foreign Outlaws for simultaneous outrages in capitals of Europe on May- Ist. Similar manufactures were proceeding in the North of England and Scotland. 'OUR AGENT- GENERAL ON TAXA-- * TION PROJECTS. Mr W. B. Perceval, Agent-General of New Zealand, in a letter to The Times, traverses the statement in an article published by that paper on November 9, " and denies that it is the intention of the New Zealand Government to make the Loan Companies and Banks conducting legitimate business to pay more than formerly. DEATHS FROM INFLUENZA. The Berlin correspondent of. The Times states that. •in the hospitals * in Munich, yesterday,- 112 persons died of influenza. Half' the population of Dunkirk are suffering from the malady, which is decreasing in severity in Berlin and Vienna. ; } ' COFFINS EXHAUSTED. , . .",- The stock of coffins iv Copenhagen is exhausted. " ' ' FAMINE IN RUSSIA. I Count Leo Tolstoi has written to the Daily Telegraph that though the famine in: Russia i 3 severe, the people are: gay and healthy, and drunkenness is rife.v FALL IN HARBOUR DEBENTURES.' , Auckland Harbour Board , debentures have fallen 3 per per cent. SANITARY CONFERENCE. Vienna, January 12. The French delegates at the Sanitary Conference desire to compel all ships arriving at Suez to undergo disinfection, though it is possible a compromise may be arrived at- with respect to British vessels., ' ANTr-JE.WISH RIOTS IN RUSSIA. '-• St. Petersbubg, January 12. < Anti-Jewish riots have broken out jit Saratcr, on tho Volga. Many houses were burned, and, several Jews killed. EVACUATION OF EGYPT. Tho Nitosti refers to the impatience of Franco to secure the immediate evacuation of Egypt by tho British. REVOLUTION IN MOROCCO, Morocco, January 11. The rebels are advancing on Tangiere. REBELS LOOTING COUNTRY. Tangiebs, January 12. A groat force of rebels is looting the country in the vicinity of Tangiers. LATE FRAUDS IN CANADA. , Ottawa, January 12. The Canadian Government intend to sue Racaud for a hundred thousand dollars in connection with the Baie Chaleur Railway contract. REVOLT IN BUENOS AYRES. Buenos Ayreb, January 12. A revolt has taken place among two regiments in Buenos Ayres. The concerting insurgents and garrison are being reinforced.