BRITISH & FOREIGN.

Timaru Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 1831, 5 August 1895, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN.

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BECHUANALAND.

Capetown, August 2,

In the Cape Assembly indignation was expressed by a section of the members, at the conditions imposed by Mr Chamberlain on the transference of Beuchanaland to the control of the Cape. They urged that the conditions would interfere with the freedom of the colony, and challenged the Secretary of State for the Colonies to attempt to force similar terms on Australia.

CHOLERA

St. Petersburg, August 2.

Cholera is prevalent m Southern. Russia, and upwards of one hundred deaths are recorded. PRINCE FERDINAND. It is semi-officially stated that Russia adheres to the Berlin Treaty, and will not hold any relations with Bulgaria while Prince Ferdinand illegally assumes the title. It is also stated that the other Powers approve of this attitude. London, August 2. The Daily News Vienna correspondent says that this means the ejection of Prince Ferdinand from Bulgaria. THE DEATH-RATE. Professor Sybe states that the deathrate for the East End of London has been raised to 49 per 1000 owing to neglect of vaccination for smallpox, and a polluted and insufficient supply of water. AFRICAN SLAVERY. A prolonged enquiry on behalf of the Anti-Slavery Society has produced a report to the effect that 60,000 lives are sacrificed every year m supplying Zanzibar and Arabia with slaves. GEOGRAPHICAL. At the Geographical Congress, Professor Kan, of Amsterdam, read a paper on the exploration of Western New Guinea. He stated that the Dutch Geographical Society hoped . shortly to survey the south coast, between Skroe and 141 deg. east. Mr David Lindsay read a paper on unexplored Australia. He believed an expedition to Central Australia and along the western watershed would repay its cost. CHITRAL. August 3. The Government abandon the Chitral country, west of Ganjakora. Seven thousand troops hold the route from Peshawur through to Dir, pending a final settlement. DROWNED IN A COAL MINE. A colliery situate m Ardrossan, Scotland, was flooded, and 14 persons drowned. AMENDMENT OF THE LAW. A committee, with Judges Vaughan and Williams as members, require amendment m the company laws, and recommend that statements be made of the minimum amount on which directors get allotments, the name of real vendors, also the real amounts of purchase moneys. PERSONAL. August 3. Sir F. Napier Broome is mentioned as likely to succeed Sir H. Norman as Governor of Queensland. THE PACIFIC CABLE. It is reported that Mr Chamberlain is moving for the appointment of a committee to consider the construction of the Pacific cable. THE NEW POLITICAL PARTY. Mr Chamberlain, addressing a meeting m Birmingham, said that the Con-servative-Unionist alliance had been founded at a time of national danger, and that the recent political crisis had cemented it. Throughout the decade by mutual sacrifice and common action they had resisted their foes, and their election had confirmed this m a way unequalled m the history of coalitions. EGYPTIAN QUESTION. The Constantinople correspondent .of

the Pall Mall Gazette states that it is currently reported there that the Khedive has presented the Sultan with £500,000 m order to enlist the sympathy of Turkey m the Egyptian question. THE MAHDI. Baron Dhanis, military commander m the Congo, states that Great Britain and France combined could easily dislodge the Mahdi and free tiie European prisoners he now has. GENERAL SHIPPING* New York, August 2. Arrived— Barque H. C.Johnston, from Auckland. May Bth. A FOREST FIRE.- LOSS OF LIFE. August 3. The forests on Beaver Island, the north part of Lake Michigan, have been destroyed by fire, and hundreds of lives lost.

MURDER. Sofia, August 3. >I. Matchkoff, an intimate friend of M. Stambulotr, has been murdered m Eastern Roumelia. FEELING IN BULGARIA. Prince Ferdinand is at present at Carlsbad, and a soction of the press declare that he is afraid to return to Sofia. Since the late M. Stambuloff had resigned, Prince Ferdinand had received 500 threatening letters. It is believed that the country is on the eve of revolt. ARMENIA. Constantinople, August 3. The Turkish Government have decided to apply their own Armenian ■cheme of reform to the whole of the empire.

REPORTED MASSACRE. Shanghai, August 3. Reports have reached here of a great massacre of Christians at Kucheng. Foochow reports that among the Christians massacred m Kucheng were five female missionaries who were first outraged. The United States Consul m Shanghai confirms the reports, and alleges that the Chinese officials connived at the outrage.