TELEGRAPHIC.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7432, 29 November 1892, Page 4

TELEGRAPHIC.

. »r TSpECiiL to Pbsss Association.] THE IMPERIAL INSTITUTE. LONDON, Nov. 27. The report of the Imperial Institute shows the list of Fellows numbers 3500. The Daily Chronicle says the Colonies have not been so prompt or generous towards the Imperial Institute as was hoped. Thßrpaper advocates the absorption of the Colonial Institute. . The Daily Chronicle is not satisfied ■with the finance of the Imperial Institute, and says 'it will be impossible to raise £50,000 to provide for the library and great hall. ______ THE FIRE AT THE DOCKS. The damage caused by the fire at ..he London and East India docks is estimated at £30,000. Two thousand Dales of Australian wool, which were stored in the warehouse in which the outbreak occurred, were damaged by water. FIRE. The premises of Jenner and Co., drapers, Princes street, Edinburgh, have been destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at a quarter of a million sterling. RIOTING. Fifty artillerymen stationed at Limerick rioted and smashed the windows of houses. The police' were powerless to quell the disturbance. SUSPENDING- IMMIGRATION. WASHINGTON, Nov. 27. The Chairman of the Senate Committee is .urging the suspension of immigration into the United States for a period of five years, but would make an exception in the case of persons arriving to join their relatives, and would also allow the issue of passports to visitors.