TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS. LATEST EDITION.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 4742, 6 September 1893, Page 3

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS. LATEST EDITION.

[bf slxctbio tblkgbapr—coplriqht.l [Sfxcial to Pbbsb Associations! LONDON, Sept. 5. The Autumn Session. la the House of Commons Mr Gladstone's motion to devote the whole time o£ the autumn session to Government business was carried by the aid of the closure, but not until some important modifications had been attached, Several sections of Government supporters are much incensed at their claims and measures being ignored. The Irish members are angry ac the Bill dealiog with evicted tenants being postponed until next year. The Oroya Floated. The Orient steamer Oroya, which grounded in the Suez Canal, has been floated off. Cholera. A death from cholera is reported in Hull, and three from the same disease in Giimsby. The Indian Viee-Boyalty. The appointment of Sir Henry Norman as Viceroy of India, astonished the highest circles in India. The Marquis of Lansdowne was not informed of the appointment. Feara are expressed in India that the new Governor-General will not follow the Afghan and the vigorous frontier policy of Lord Koberts and the Marquis of Lansdowne. BRISBANE, Sept. 6. In the course of an interview, Sir H. Norman said lie was unable to state whyhe had been selected as Viceroy of India, aa it was an unusual step for the Imperial Government to appoint so old a man to the Governor-Generalship. He received the first intimation of the appointment on Friday last. MELBOURNE, Sept. 6. An Australian AmazonExtraordinary Concealment of Sex. A farm labourer, near Kilinore, for many years a member of tlie Mounted Rifles, died, and was discovered to be a woman who had Booce3afully concealed her identity for years. ADELAIDE, Sept. 6. The Earl of Kintore. The Earl of Kintore has decided to hold the Governorship of the Colony for the

full term (six years) though he will be absent from the Colony for six months on ' • private business.