TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS. LATEST EDITION.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7009, 13 November 1890, Page 3

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS. LATEST EDITION.

[ r d.dsctklq telkqbafb.— copibiqht.] [Special to Pbess Association.] [Received Nov. 13, at 10.5 a.m.J LONDON, Nov. 12. Major Bartellot. Major Bartellot's father demands that Parliament should institute an enquiry into the charges brought against his son by Mr Stanley and the other members of the expedition. Mr J. -B. Troup, who also was a member of the rear guard, avows that Bartellot was terribly cruel ; but his version of the cannibal feast -completely explodes Mr Bonny's. Extradition Refused' The British authorities have declined to grant an. extradition warrant against Castione, who was arrested for the murder of Councillor Rossi during the revolt in Ticino. Evictions in Ireland. Sixteen tenants and their families have been evicted from the Oliphant ■estate. The evictors were protected by a strong force of military. Dr Koch's Cure. The Berlin correspondent of the Times advises consumptive patients to Tepair to Berlin forthwith, as a tremendous influx of sick people is -expected. Dr Koch remains silent, and refuses to predict whether his -efforts will be successful or not. WASHINGTON, Nov. 12. Mr Dillon in America. ISTeither President Harrison nor Secretary Blame attended Mr Dillon's reception at Washington. Financial Panic. The panic continues in New York, and prices have undergone a further fall. [2eeeived Novl 13, at 10.30 a.m.] LONDON, Nov. 12. The Fisheries Question. The St James 1 Gazette states that an arrangement has been nearly arrived at with respect to the Newfoundland fisheries. France is to abandon ihe iFreneh shore and Newfoundland to relax the .Bait Act. . England also •cedes Gambia to Prance. SYDNEY, Nov. 13. Ibbot, the Faster. The medical supervisors have warned Ibbot, the Swedish faster, of the consequences of his experiment, and if he jttolonga the fast, he 4oes so without their concurrence. ADELAIDE, Nov. 13. Cable Guarantee. Queensland declines to become* a party to the cable guarantee, and no reply has yet been received from Western Australia. It bow remains for New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia to decide •whether thej will bear the additional «oafc. MEIiBOUENE, Nov. IS. Federal Convention. Replying to the Government of New Zealand, Mr Muuro, the Pxemier, asks Sir H. A. Atkinson to Btate what time would be most convenient to his Government foi holding the Federal Convention. Mi .Macro suggests March.