TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 6714, 29 November 1889, Page 3

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

fur EI.XVTRW TV.LEGHAI'U.—COPXUKjHT.'] [SpBOIAX TO PeKBB ASSOCIATION.] [Beceived Nov. 29, fit 12.15 p.m.! LONDON, Nov. 28. Bishop Barry. The Eight Eev Dr Barry, late .suffragan Bishop of Dover, who resigned his office recently in consequence of ill-health, is reported to be in a precarious condition. Proverbial Philosopher. Martin Farquhar Tupper, the wellknown author and poet, is said to be dying. Primacy of Australia. A protest has been lodged at the Colonial Office against the consecration o£ the Rev Canon W. Saumarez Smith as Primate of Australia. Victorian Stocks. The "Financial Times says there is no hope that Victoria will desist from further borrowing until that Colony meets with a rebuff. The journal declares that Victorian stocks are over-quoted, and says it is absurd for the Colony to think of borrowing under 4 per cent. Plan of Campaign. The tenants of Mr Olgobert' s estates in Ireland, where evictions have been proceeding for some time past, have abandoned the Plan of Campaign. NEW YORK, Not. 28. | The Fire at Lynn. Eight thousand persons have been thrown out of work by the disaster at liyns, Massachusets. The damage by the fire is estimated at one million dollars; half the damages, however, are covered by insurance.