TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS. THIRD EDITION.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 6241, 18 May 1888, Page 3

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS. THIRD EDITION.

IST- ZLXCTRI&TELBaRAPB.—COPYBIGRT.} [SPECIAL^TOt'PBESS ASSOCIATION.] tßeo«iTed May 18. at 12.45 p.m.] LONDON, Mat 17. Mrßalf our on Mr Gladstone. The Bight HoitJL J. Balfour, addressingiaineeting^afc JJattersea, said thafeMrCQadstbnfr'fl-Bpeech in reply to thesadaresffipresenied him by the Non-conformist idergymen was one of ihe'smosforiolenkand least creditable ever utteredrby that gentleman. He- . (Mr JBalfonr) asserted that Mr Gladstone-iad been guilty of committing <every offence of which he now charged the'Governnient. BT PETBESBDEG, Mat 17. An Austrian Spy. An.. Austrian officer has been arrested in Poland, the charge being that he is suspected to have mapped all the Russian forts on the frontier. Warlike Preparations. The Eussian railway authorities have been ordered to accumulate 50,000 tons of coal. LONDON, Mat 17. Crofters Emigrating. A large number of crofters are emigrating to Canada. FABIS, Hat 17. French Defences. The-Government intend to place a sum of 30,000,000 francs on the Estimates for coastal defence. CABUL, Mat 17. Skirmishing in Afghanistan. A series of skirmishes has taken place along the frontier between the Afghans and the Turkomans. General Alakanoff, who had been despatched to assist the Aberassed tribe, arrived after the conflict.