BRITISH & FOREIGN.

Timaru Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 1744, 4 May 1895, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN.

Per Electric Telegraph— Copyright. Per Press Association. OSCAR WILDE, London, May 2. Wilde's case will be tried again on the 20th. DIVORCE. A decree nisi was granted m the case brought by Florence Bethell, a singer of Adelaide, against her husband on the ground of adultery. IMPERIAL POLITICS. The concluding portion of Sir William Vemon Harcourt's Budget speech has given rise to much comment, and the meaning of the last statement is keenly discussed. The report mentioned m the Times, and credited m well informed circles, states that Lord Rosebery retires forthwith. The probate, estate, and succession duty yielded nearly £1,000,000 more than was obtained under the old system. MR FELIX McGUIRE AT HOME. Mr F. McGuire, M.H R., of New Zealand, is m England. He states that he has induced the New Plymouth bond- , holders to agree to arbitrate with the New Zealand Government for the restitution of 200,000 acres included m the , grant. BAD MEAT. ; Paris, May 2. Seventeen French soldiers died at Vitry through eating tainted American , tinned meat. Thirty-four others are m . a critical condition. 1 BECHUANALAND. ' Capetown, May 3. The Government propose to annex Bechuanaland. ' - THE POPE. I Rome, May 3. i The Pope m his political testament [ asks the Cardinals to hasten the election • of his successor so as not to afford any time for intrigues. His Holiness says that although it has not gained' temporal power, the Vatican is able to die- : tate conditions when it is opportune. —^ — — 1