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Timaru Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 3966, 24 June 1887, Page 3

ARRIVAL OF SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

; GENERAL SUMMARY. (By Telegraph.) ! AUCKLAND, June 23. (European dates up to June 2nd). i The President of the Cambridge Uni--1 versity Club appeals to individual members of the University to assist m raisi ing the necessary amount to send a Cambridge crew to America for the purpose of ; rowing against Harvard University crew, as it would draw tho two institutions into closer relation. A despatch of June Ist says that the Sultan of Turkey has ceded the Island of Cyprus formally to England. Queen Kapiolani of Hawaii and suite i arrived at Liverpool on June 2nd, and was received with a royal salute and a guard of honor. , Mr Bayley, Vice-commodore of the ) Royal Albert Yacht Club, was declared a bankrupt on June 10th. His liabilities are £07,000. The Queen has proposed to release all j military prisoners confined for petty , offences on the occasion of the Jubilee. The German steamer Oder was wrecked on Soetra Island, m the Indian ' Ocean, on May 30. The passengers and \ most of tho crew were aaved. \ The Bodeleian Library controversy at ' Oxford was settled on June 2nd, by a I majority of nearly 100 to 1 against the project of converting it permanently into ' a lending library. \ The Lord Mayor of London haa issued f invitations to a dinner at the Mansion r House on June 18th to meet the representatives of literature, science and art. ' c The Queen's route from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey on the 21st June, has been revised and extended. } Windows along the line of march are letting for £40, and single front floor t rooms for £50. Americans are credited , with being the highest bidders at forcing '. prices. Prince Albert Victor, the eldest son of j the Prince of Wales, will go to Dublin on j June 27th as the Queen's representative j at the Jubilee celebration there. t Mr Edmond Yatesj telegraphs on May 30th that upwards of £4000 has been subscribed by present members of the Royal household for a Jubilee present to the Queen. It will take the shape of a splendid silver centre piece. The list of the women's Jubilee offering closed on May 30th, showing £5000, and a million and a half of subscribers. Howell won the bicycle championship at Wolverharapton on May 30th. f The 45 miles yacht race on May 30th, ■ off Harwich, was won by the Ired m 4 ; hours I7min. Tho Windeur finished m ' 4 hours 35min ; the Genesta m 4 hours , 35 mm; the new Scotch steel yacht ; Thistle m 4 hours 52min ; the Neptune m i hours 52min ; and the Sybil m 5 hours t 4min. Mr Bel), tho owner of the Thistle, ' has expressed himself to tho effect that he ; considers the undertaking of an American i contest anything but a light matter, but 3 ho was certain to receive fair play. i Another race under the auspices of the i new Thames Yacht Club took place on > June 2nd from Tower Hope to the Mouse - Lightship and return. The contesting j yachts were the Genesta, Sybil, Sleuth , Hound, Winteur, Thistle, Neptune, Ired, r and Foxhound. The distance, fifty - miles, was made by the Thistle m 4 hours 3 43 mm, and tho dcy's performance con--3 firmed the universal opinion of the yacht's - splendid capacity. Some experts say she t is the finest racing craft afloat, and the t London Times adds that there i 3 certainly , now a hopeful chance that she will win - back the American Cup. 3 Members of Parliament hurried off on 3 May 26th to enjoy the Whitsuntide holi- ; days. Mr Gladstone went to Hawarden. . Mr Goschen went yachting, and Mr i Courtney to the Continent. r In the yacht race from Kingston to • Holyhead, which took place on May 28th, ■ the Farmara came m first, followed by t tho Nixie, ten minutes later. The i weather waß boisterous and tho sea i rough. At an auction sale m Wales on May

28th of some cattle distrained for tithes, a crowd gathered and forced back the soldiers and police and caught the auctioneer, turned his coat insido out, and led him m procession through the town. After handling him roughly, thuy made him promise never to act as auctioneer m the neighborhood again. A dynamite bomb exploded under the Police Court at Hepburn, Durham County on May 23rd, partially destroying the building. The outrage was attributed to strikers. Lord Colin Campbell, who recently brought a suit against his wife for divorce, was declared a bankrupt on May 23rd on the petition of the Duke of Marlborough, who was co-defendant m the divorce case, and who lodged a petition m the Bankruptcy Court against Lord Colin for costs. His schedule shows £9000, including £6000 for divorce costs. The Cambridge University crew agreed on May 24th to row the Harvard University if the necessary funds to cover the trip to America can be raised. The new racing yacht Thistle lostherbowsprit and was otherwise damaged on May 20th m a gale during her trial run from the Clyde, where she was built. While on the trip she rescued threo men m a lifeboat belonging to the steamer Harkaway, which had foundered. 1G lives were lost when the steamer went down. The life boat originally carried six persons, three of whom succumbed to privation. It is now said that the Thistle, the proposed contestant for the American Cup, is actually owned by an American, William Clarke, a thread manufacturer, and cost 35,000 dollars. She will be offered for sale immediately after the race. The huaband of Violet Cameron, the actress, has obtained £1000 damages against the Manchester Umpire, for a libel contained m an interview with Lord Lonsdale published m that paper. The Egyptian Convention between England and Turkey was signed at Constantinople on May 22nd. The Royal Commission appointed to investigate the charges again3t. the War Office of jobbery m making contracts and m purchasing defective weapons, has prepared a report which exonerates the officials individually, but advises numerous administrative changes. The Royal Thames Tacht Club has arranged for a Colonial mail liner packet, the Northern Castle, 4500 tons register, Captain A. Winchester (Messrs Donald Currie and Co., managers), to accompany the yachts m the international [Jubilee yacht race around Great Britain and Ireland. The steamer will leave the Thames on June 14th, and call at Leith, Aberdeen, Kirkwall, Stornoway, Oban, Giants Causeway, Londonderry, Galway, Bantry Bay, Plymouth, Dartmouth, and Cowes. The trip will last fourteen days. George Augustus Sala lectured on " What I saw m Australia and New Zealand," for the benefit of the hospital for women and children. A Unionist meeting held m Bristol on May 18th, was swamped by Gladstoneites. Sir Henry James, who was to deliver an address, was unable to obtain a hearing. The meeting broke up m disorder. The Lord Mayor of London gave a banquet to former Rugby school boys, himself being one, at the Mansion House, on May 18th. The French Ambassador, M. Waddington, spoke m reply to a toast, of the rare and singular good fortune he had as a Rugby boy of the past to find hioiself so well welcomed m the centre of London, sitting as Ambassador of the French Republic, between two then schoolfellows, the Lord Mayor of London and the Chancellor of the Exchequer of England. Thirty thousand children are Jto picnic m Hyde Park on Jubilee day. The idea was conceived by Mr Edward Lawson, of the Daily Telegraph, who heads the contribution to meet expenses by a donation of £1000. The Dukes of Westminster and Bedford gave each £1000. Sir John Millar has sold his academy picture for this year, a Scotch landscape which he calls "Over the hills and far away," for 5000 guineas, the highest price ever given for any English landscape, Turner alone accepted.