TELEGRAPHIC.

Timaru Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 1662, 16 January 1895, Page 2

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BRITISH & FOREIGN. Per Electric Telegraph— Copyright. Per Press Association. THE ATLANTIC SERVICE. Ottawa, January 14. Sir M. Bovvell, m the course of an interview, said the Dominion Government would aid the formation of Huddart's Atlantic Steamship Company to the utmost extent of their power. GERMAN POLITICS. Berlin, January 14. The Anti-Revolutionary Bill has been referred to a committee. IRISH AFFAIRS. London, January 14. Mr J. F. O'Brien declares that before the split m the Irish party tho Radicp 1 Committee with the sanction of Mr Pai - nell collected £3500. After Mr Pamell's death the party declined to take the money, but accepted £2000 from Lord Tweedmoutli when he was a member of the House, for the relief of evicted tenants. ASSAULT ON KASSALA. It is rumoured that the Dervishes are besieging 1500 Italians m Kassala and that a sortie by the garrison was repulsed. THE IMPERIAL CABINET. Reports continue to be persislently circulated that Sir W. V. Harcourt intends to resign, the cause being a difference of opinion with his colleagues over the propriety of a loan for an increase m the Navy. OBITUARY. The death is announced of Mr J. R. .Seeley, M.A., m his 61st year. THE MAIL CONTRACTS. The silence of the colonial Governments relative to the extension of the mail contracts until 1898, is said to inconvenience the Postal Committee. Ii the colonies refuse extension the Post-master-General is almost certain to invite tenders for a two years' contract only. FLOODING OF A COLLIERY. The sudden inrush of water m the Giglake colliery m Audley, Staffordshire, entombed 250 "miners, 140 of whom were rescued. Of the remaining men eighty will probably be saved if they were able to seek refuge m the upper reaches oi the mine. Pumping is proceeding. NEW ZEALAND FINANCE. The Times declares that profound distrust is felt iv New Zealand finance, and that it is considered that its experimental character throws a heavy increase on the State liability. NEWFOUNDLAND. St. Johns, January 15. ' The proposal for federation with Canada is gaining favour m Newfoundland. ANARCHIST OUTRAGES. Paris, January 14. A biscuit tin filled with gunpowder was placed on the window-sill m the Rue Mouceau near the house of Judge Attahalin, who tried Ravachal. The porter tnrew the tin into the street where it exploded, doing immense damage to the fronts of the houses along the whole of the street, but fortunately without hurting anyone. CAPTURE OF A REBEL CRUISER. The French have captured a Hova cruiser. RESIGNATION OF THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT. The resignation of M. Barthon, Minister of Public Works, caused an animated scene m the Chamber of Deputies, and by a majority of twenty-two, the Chamber carried a motion of censure on M. Dupy, the President, and the Minister of the Interior, for not protecting the State against the aggression of railway companies. The Government have resigned. TRIAL FOR POISONING. Brussels, January 14. The trial of Jounix created a great sensation. The attitude of the Judge has aroused much sympathy for the accused, whose self-possession has been wonderful. The autopsy showed that Alfred Ablay was poisoned, but there were no traces of poison m the bodies of accused's sister and uncle though the cause of their death as certified to was hot true. Special to the Press Association. MORTAR REGIMENTS. St. Petersburg, January 14. The Russian Government are forming seven mortar regiments, for thepurpose of firing heavy shrapnels by means of very powerful explosives. The regiments will be stationed at Odessa, Kieff, St. Petersburg, Warsaw, and three other centres. THE SOCIALIST DEPUTIES, Paris, January 14. Owing to the refusal of the Chamber to vote Richards' release, the Socialist deputies have issued a manifesto violently attacking the President and Ministry. They accuse the Government of obtaining votes unlawfully. Rouet, a Socialist deputy, has been ex^ pelled from the Chamber for asserting that honest voting was no longer possible.

ARSIENIA. It is reported that the Turkish Government are contemplating the appointment of a military police m Armenia composed equally of Christians and Moslems. A Moslem Governor is to be appointed for three years, and then a Christian for a similar period. THE FRENCH SOCIALISTS. The Times' Paris correspondent says that there is a mystery surrounding the actions of the Socialists, which may be dispelled only by an unforeseen conflagration. . . ... . MOROCCO. London, January 14. It is reported that the Sultan lof Morocco, finding himself unable to re- ' tain his Kingdom, has appealed to England to establish a protectorate over the country. HIGH TREASON. Belgrade, January 14. Tauschanine, formerly a Minister, m the Servian Government, and four other political leaders, have' been sentenced to three years' imprisonment for par.tici-, . pation m a plot to dethrone the King.