TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS. LATEST EDITION.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 4576, 22 February 1893, Page 3

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS. LATEST EDITION.

IBY ELECTRIC TBLEQRAPH.— COPYRIGHT} [Spboiali to Pbess Abbocjation.l LONDON, Feb. 21. Home Rule. The Freeman's Journal states that the Home Eule Bill will be pressed through Committee ia face of all obstacles. The excitement in Ulster is increasing. Colonial Institute. At the annual meeting of. the Colonial Institute a feeling was generally expressed for amalgamation with the Imperial Institute. The Council, however, was authorised to receive overtures to that end without prejudice. Influenza, Mild influenza is spreading in England. H. M. S. Royalist. Captain Goodrich is appointed commander of H. M. S. Eoyalist. WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. Hawaii. Princess Xiluaui, niece of the Queen of Hawaii, has appealed to the American people, protesting against being deprivedof the right oc succession to the Crown. LISBON, Feb. 21. The Portuguese Cabinet. The Portuguese ' Ministry has resigned, owing to a, protest by Germans against interference with the' external debt without the consent of the bond-holders. ; ' SYDNEY", Feb. 22. Income Tax. The second reading of the Income Tax Bill was carded by 47 to 21. ADELAIDE, Feb. 22. A Magistrate Imprisoned. J. Nicholson, the Stipendiary Magistrate, haa been sentenced to four years' imprisonment for defrauding of £20,000 , the Economic Building' Society, to which he acted as solicitor. . „ . PERTH, Feb. 22. ! The Murder and Suicide. ' Glass, the squatter, who shot his two daughters and committed suicide, left a letter confessing the crime. It is believed he waited also for hia daughter's lover, who, fortunately for himself, did nob appear when expected. i. ■ .