TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS. LATEST EDITION.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7432, 29 November 1892, Page 3

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS. LATEST EDITION.

\bt edkct— io tjbi ___ — ph.— coptrioht.j i [Special to Press Association.] NEW YORK, Nov. 28. Destructive Earthquake. . News has been received that La • Union, a town of San Salvador, on ■ the west side of the Gulf of Ponseca, has been destroyed by an earthquake, and many lives have been lost. - PARIS, Nov. 28. France Irritated. The French Government is much ; [ irritated at the erection of an j English Custom-hoase on the banks ' of the Ajarra river, in Lagos, "West \ Africa, and the Custom-house is alleged to be a violation of the Con- '. vention of 1889. MADRID, Nov. 28. Dissatisfiedßeligious Orders j News from the Caroline Islands } states that a conflict has arisen be- < tween the Spanish Governor and the * members of the Religious Orders, and t that the latter threaten to leave the i group unless the Governor is recalled, i BERLIN, Nov. 28. German Emigration. J The Chancellor announces his in- 1 tention of introducing in the Imperial [ j Diet a Bill compelling emigrants to t obtain Police permits prior to sailing. ] LONDON, Nov. 28. 8 National Gallery. \ The Government has accepted Mr J Tate's offer to build a .Tational Gal- J lery, and offers the site occupied by t |_c Milbank Prison. s SYDNEY, Nov. 29. Broken Hill. t The Broken Hill Relief Committee is £ appealing to the public for help. < MELBOURNE, Nov. 29. i Domestic Infelicity. J A man named Pender was arrested on a \ charge of stabbing his wife and subset quently admitted to bail. He followed her < to Rutherglen, entered her house, and shot her and a man named Hourigan. Both j the victims were dangerously wounded, j bnt effected their escape. Pender removed t the children, and then Bet fire to the house. I He haß been arrested. Domestic infelicity c is said to be the cause of the trouble. . BRISBANE, Nov. 29. t Rescued. < The men, lost on their way to the * Batavia river rush, have been rescued [ through their cutting the telegraph wire 3. t -' 1