TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS. LATER EDITION.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 4814, 30 November 1893, Page 3

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS. LATER EDITION.

£81 SLBCTRIO TXLBQRAPH.-COPYRIBHT.] \ [Special to Pbess Association.] i EIO DE JANEIRO, Nov. 29. Brazil. Admiral Mello's fleet has left here to intercept the President's fleet, ■which is said to be concentrating in the West Indies. - LONDON, Nov. 29. ! The Dublin Outrage. All the prisoners taken into custody in connection with the recent outrage in Dublin have been discharged except Sheridan. It has been ascertained that a secret Societymeets at a club in Tyrone Place. BE b LIN, Nov. 29. The Attempt to Assassinate the Kaiser. j The infernal machine posted to the ! Emperor was detained by the Imperial Guard. EOME, Nov. 29. Italian Politics. Signor Guiseppe Zanardelli, who held the portfolios of Worship and Justice in Signor Crispi's 1890 [ Ministry, has undertaken the formation of anew Cabinet. ADELAIDE, Nov. 30. Intercolonial Freetrade. In the Legislative Assembly a motion requiring the Government to call upon the Colonial Treasurer to arrange Intercolonial Freetrade with any or all the Colonies was i carried by 31 to 8. The minority consisted of the Labour party who considered the time inopportune. BEISBANE, Nov. 30. Stabbed to Death. A miner named M'Mahon, living at Croydon, was stabbed to death by hia wife whom he was ill-treating at the time. THURSDAY ISLAND, Nov. 30. A Fatal Wreck. The logger Curlew haß been wrecked and two of those on board drowned. A Kanaka survivor swam all night before reaching land. STDNET, Nov. 30. Affray Among Afghans. ; A serious milie has taken place at Bourke between rival factions of Afghan camel drivers. One man received thirty wounds. A number of men have been arrested, and six of them have been committed for trial. The New South Railway Commissioners. A long debate took place in the Legislative Assembly on the action of the Bail way Commissioners in employing a private solicitor instead of the official one, especially with regard to the pending action of Proudfoofc v. the Commissioners, which might involve the Colony in an expenditure of a million sterling. Mr Reid, leader of the Opposition, expressed regret that the Attorney-General and the Minister for Jußtice had accepted briefs on behalf of the plaintiff. The Premier replied that the Government was unable to interfere with the Commissioners, and if the latter acted illegally there was a course prescribed, by which they could be proceeded against. Aotion Against a Bank. ' It is reported that writs will be issued against the officers of one of the Banking Companies here, aleo against the Bank, alleging that the return of the transactions of the institution were inaccurate. It is understood thai the objection is technical, as the Bank prepared returns on similar lines thirty years ago. Heavy amounts are claimed. Sir G. E. Dibbs investigated the Bank's accounts, and declares that they are perfectly accurate. The action is being taken at the instance of a private individual. MELBOURNE, Nov. 30. ' The " Age " Libel Action. Mr Purvea' examination of the plaintiff in the Speight v. Syme libel action has concluded. It occupied six day?.