TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS. LATER EDITION.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 4773, 13 October 1893, Page 3

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS. LATER EDITION.

BY ELECTRIC TKUSQRAPa.-O6PrRIQUT.Ji [SPBCIAIi TO PniKBS ASSOCIATION,! BEELIN, Oct. 12. A German Jack the Kipper. A man has been arrested in Berlin j in the act of murdering a girl. He | is believed' to be the perpetrator of another murder and mutilation at Neisß, in Silesia, on Sunday. . LONDON, Oct. 12. The Siamese Indemnity: sunk at Sea. News has leaked out that a French cruiser which was conveying the Siamese indemnity of three million francß (.£120,000) to Saigon was caught in a storm? and sank. The treasure was not insured. China and America. The Chinese Government has requested the suspension of the Chinese Exclusion Act in the United States. A New Zealanders Estate. Thomas Kldridge, formerly of New Zealand, has left property to the value of .£96,000. The New Zealand . estate is bequeathed to his son Arthur Ernest. An Attack on liio House *>f Lords. An Association, under the title of the National League, has been formed in London and the Provinces, with a view to abolish the House of Lords. The Vice-Royalty of India. The Press apprdyes of the appointment of Lord Elgin as Viceroy of India. EOME, Oct. 12. The King of Italy and Marshal MacMahon, The King of Italy, fearing thatr Marshal MacMahon was dying, sent him a telegram expressing the gratitude of the Italians for his services in the war of 1859 against Austria. SYDNEY, Oct. 13. Australian FederationThe Federation Bill is under consideration in Committee in the Legislative Assembly. Mr Barton intends to propose an amendment in the direction of single voting, and defining the extent to which the commonwealth may use the railways. MELBOURNE, Oct. 13. A Victorian Election. Colonel Templeton, a Freetrader, was elected for Benalla on the casting vote of the Eeturning Officer. The Brunswick Infanticide —Verdict of Wilful Murder, i The Coroner'B Jury returned a verdict j of wilful murder against Mrs Knorr, alias for the child murder at Brunswick. BRISBANE, Oct. 13. Plural Voting, The Legislative Assembly, by 33 t0. 23, negatived a motion in favour of the abolition of plural voting.