FOREIGN & COLONIAL TELEGRAMS.

Timaru Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 5263, 14 October 1891, Page 2

FOREIGN & COLONIAL TELEGRAMS.

_ ? ff.!jy.«Bs _a\_ _<m _!£*_- CJ_B_B. (Per Electric Telegraph— Copyright.) [Per Press Association.]' (Received 10.35 a.m., Oot. 13th.) AMERICA AND GERMANY. Berlin, Oct. 12. United States' cereals will be admitted free into Germany on condition that German beoc sugar is received into the United States without payment of duty. EARTHQUAKES. New York, Oct. 12. Severe earthquakes huvo been ex--1 periencedinSanFrancisco,but no fatalities ! are reported. CLAIM FOR COMPENSATION. Valparaiso, Oct. 12. The British nitrate companies in Chili are claiming sixty millions dollars compensation for damage sustained during the recent civil war. (Reoeived 10.30 a.m., Oot. 13th.) DISORDER IN CHINA. San Fkancisc >, Oct. 12. Advices received here by mail from China Btiow that at Ichang riots took place in the presence of a number of Mandarins, who remained passive. Tho Chinese telegraph clerks refused to transmit messages asking for assistance. M ORDERS AND SUICIDES. Berlin, Oct. 12. Seventy-nine murders and suicides occurred in Berlin during the first ten days of this month. RUSSIAN JEWS. St. Petersburg, Oct. 12. It is repotted that tho Prefect of Odessa has iuvited the Jews to remain in Russia and occupy themselves with farming. LEADER OF THE HOUSE. London, Oct. 12. The standard pronounces in favour of Sir M. Hicks-Beach for the leadership of the Houso of Commons, The Times urges the claim of Mr Balfour. AQUATICS. East rows Perkins at Noweastle iu November for £400 and tho Sportman's Challenge Cup. (Received 7.30 p.m., Oot 13th.) THE WHEAT MARKET. VVheat is 6d dearer. THE §TRAND SEAT. It is expected that ths eon of tho late Right Hon. W. H. Smith will be returned unopposed for the Strand seat in the House of Commons. (Special to Press Association.) (Reoeivod 8 a.m., Oot. 13th.l THE BRITISH HARVEST. London, Oct. 12. The Times considers that tho result of the harvest is heartbreaking. DISESTABLISHMENT. Spoaking at the unveiling of a statue erected aB a tribute to the memory of Mr John Bright, the Earl of Derby aaid that they were drifting towards the voluntary support of tbe Church, aud they could not dream of connecting the State with a single, sect in the whole community. THE RUSSIAN LOAN. Paris, Oct. 12. Thero ia prodigious puffing of tho Russian loan in the French press. TEMPERANCE PROPAGANDA. ' St. Petersburg, Oat. 12. The temperance propaganda promulgated by the Czar is succeeding in the fauiine-atrioken districts. (Boooivod 11 a.m., Oot. 131h.) PERSONAL. London, Oct. 12. ' Tbo Duko of Muuchostor haa recovered. 1

CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION. Valparaiso, Oct. 12. Tho Spanish and Italian residents in Ohili claim £600,000 compensation for losses duiitig the war.