BRITISH Atm FOREIGN.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 12761, 14 January 1905, Page 7

BRITISH Atm FOREIGN.

United Press Association. — By Eloctriu Telegraph.— Copyright. I TREATY SJG"N*.ED. I Received January Ji, 8.21 a.m. I London, r)anuary 13. I The Anglo- Austro-TJimgarian treaty ior arbitration luis been signed at London.

I'KJJITIK'G ON NORTH -"WEST INDIAN- KROYHLK.

London, Jannuy 13. Fighting is prom-ding between the chiefs of Dir and Lawariii. Tlio latter has captured a fort. A inovnl/ln coluiku from Malakina advan-jes to , preserve the Chitral linos of communication and possibly assist the Dir people.

LARGE. STORE BURNED DOWN.

Received January H, S\47 ji.m. London, January i.i. Sir Thomas Lipton's store at CJlasgow has been burnt ; the damage is estimated at £30,000. FOREIGN SHIPPING BOUNTIES. Mr Balfour, replying to an absodatioJi of cc jnmercial mtn.j^o.iiUes to carefully consider steps to -ecui-e the abolition of foreign shipping bounties, or measures to counteract their effect. JAPANESE TRADE dOOD. Japanese exports for lUO4 increased 10 per cent. ; and the imports 17 per cent.

SOUTH AFRir'VN T'OUTTf'AL FEDEiiATIOX.

Capetown, -.Tanuary ]?. The Transvaal Native. Affairs Committee report no hope of a » oiiti-jal federation of South ' Africa while the I native franchise remains at jjroscat in I a chaotic condition. They suggest ; that the Cape natives be not allowed to vote for the F«*cb.ral Parliament, and only be alloy.'rid six representatives in the State Parliament. '

AN ANCIENT GO^DFIELD. :

The British South African Company ,s Resident Engineer describes tho alluvial deposits at Victoria in Mashonaland, as patchy, chiefly sl'ccl gold, and that-' prol^aßly the ancients secured the bulk. _v. t -