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Timaru Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 2977, 14 June 1899, Page 2

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» BRITISH &_ FOREIGN. United Press Association -By Electric Telegraph— Copyright. Received June 13th, 9.15 a.m. THE PHILIPPINES. Manila, June 12. The American forces operating m the north capital have occupied Las Pinas and Paranague. Thirty Americans were wounded. GERMANY AND RUSSIA. St. Petersburg, June 12. The Nome Vremya warns Germany that her railway schemes m Asia Minor, especially m Mesopotamia, are menacing Russian interests m a serious degree.

RUBSIA AND COREA. Russia has obtained from Oorea a oncession of three ice-free ports for a teriod of twelve years. THE DREYFUS CASE. Paris, June 12. The retrial of Dreyfus at Kennes will liffer from the 1994 trial, m that the Jourt-Martial will include artillery offiiers of that branch of the. army to which Dreyfus belongs. 'I he preliminary enluiry will last t-ix weeks. Received June 13th, 9.40 a.m. Slti GORDON HPRIGG. Capetown, June 12. Sir Gordon Sprigg, ex-Premier of 3ape Colony, who was recently defeated or Lemf uland, has been elected for East London. Received June 13tfi, 10 15 a.m. THE MAMARI DISABLED. Monte Vidko, June 12. The steamer Mamari has been towed nto harbour with the tail of her shaft Droken, the result of a collision. THE BUBONIC PLAGUE. London, June 12. News has been received that the bubonic plague has appeared at Bnshire, Persia, the principal seaport m the Persian Gulf. EXPLORATION IN THE ANTARCTIC. Her Majesty the Queen has sent a message to Sir Clements Maikham, President of the Royal Geographical Society, expressing her interest m exploration m the Antarctic. HOSPITAL SUNDAY. By means of an electrophone the patients m the London hospitals were enabled to hear sixteen eminent preachers on Sunday, which was observed as Hospital Sunday. Received June 14th, 12.25 a.m. CONNECTING ENGLAND AND IRELAND. June 13. The Marquis of Londonderry, Lord Rosebery, Earl Spencer, and Lord VVolseley support the project to construct a tunnel connecting England and Ireland at a cost of £10,000,000. It is intended to ask the Treasury to provide the necessary money. THE PEACE CONFERENCE. Amsterdam:, June 13. Dr Zqrn, professor of Koenigsburg University, the German delegate to the Peace Conference, informed the Arbitration Committee that the Kaiser regarded a permanent tribunal as derogatory to the sovereign's divine prerogative. The statement created a sensation. RECIPROCITY. Vienna, June 12. The Austro-Hungarian Augsleich has arranged a bank charter and customs union between the two countries to be prolonged till 1907.