TELEGRAPHIC.

Timaru Herald, Volume LX, Issue 2357, 31 March 1897, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

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Per Eleotrio Telegraph— Copyright, 1 Per Press Association, j 5 THE PANAMA CANAL FRAUDS. f Paris, March 29. 3 Aa a result of the confession of M . Arton, the Pariß banker, m reference tc t, the Panama Canal frauds, the Procureur . General has asked the Government tc accord facilities for instituting a prose I cution against the following members o i the Chamber of Deputies :— MM. Maret I Bayer, and Nequet ; also M. Evey, i j member of the Senate. The Chambei ) refused to suspend the privileges of th« Deputies concerned until M. Arton'i j memoranda are produced. Theeonfes F sion affects thirteen of the present mem bers, besides other members since de- ? ceased or unseated. ; THE^MILNER BANQUET. ' London, March 29. Mr Asquith endorsed the views of Mi 1 Chamberlain at the Milner banquet, and ; regarded the speech as weighty and important. ' J»- PERSONAL. r£ j?he Eev. John Watson, better known as " lan Maclaren," has been cited by a clergyman to appear before the Presbyterian General Synod on a charge oi heresy. Mr Musgrove has engaged Alma Stanley to tour Australia with Harry Poul- ' ton. NORFOLK ISLAND. Mr Chamberlain states that the new 1 rules for govprning Norfolk Island ap ' plied to keeping alcohol under the ex--1 isting law. The importation of spirit--1 uous liquors, excepting for medicinal 1 purposes, is absolutely prohibited. There J was no reason, he added, to suppose 1 that the sale of liquor was intended • under the new rules. j THE WRECK OF THE NAZAIRE. i New York, March 29. I The steamer Yanario picked up a life 3 boat belonging to the wrecked steamer Nazaire. Thirteen out of twenty-nine . on board the boat when it left the sinkl ing vessel died of starvation and thirst. : THE ITALIAN ELECTIONS. Rome, March 29. The elections have given the Marquia ' Rudini a majority of two hundred. , CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES. , Ottawa, March 29. A facsimile copy of the Alien Labour

Act, which was passed by the United States Congress, has been introduced by I the Canadian Government as a reprisal for the harshness displayed by the United States towards Canadian work" men. RELIGIOUS WAKFARE. Constantinople, March 29. Serious disorder prevails m Albania. The Moslems and Christians are fighting on behalf of their respective religions, flukki Pasha has been dismissed his military command and arrested.