TO-DAY'S TELEG-SAMS. LATER EDITION.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 4902, 17 March 1894, Page 5

TO-DAY'S TELEG-SAMS. LATER EDITION.

J[B7 MLBOTUIO TELSQSAPII.—COPYSIQHT.'] i [Sksoial to Press Association.! i BUENOS AYRES, Makch 16. i Jabez BalfoiirThe Salta Court haa dismissed tlie firßt charge against Jabez S. Balfour j for absconding with .£20,000. Ec is j to be tried on sixteen other charges, j SAN FRANCISCO, March 16. ! Martial Law at Honolulu. | Martial law has been proclaimed in j Hawaii, with the view oi: preventing j the Queen beiDg restored to the j throne. j EIO DE JANEIRO, March 16. Brazil. Admiral de Gama, ife is expected, •will seek refuge in Lisbon. LONDON, March 16. j Cool StoresMessrs Nekon Bros. Btate that they are prepared to erect cool stores in Melbourne. j A X&ew Atlantic Slervlco. j Mr Huddart has arranged for an j Atlantic service, upon the iiavitation j of the Canadian Government, which was aatisfied with the success of the Pacific experiment. The Atlantic: ieamera will bo 9000 tons, Mr]

I Huddarfc, at the request of Canada, | will attend the Ottawa Conference. I The Imperial Penny Postage | The Postmaster-General has in--1 formed the Associated Chambers of ! Commerce he is willing to establish j penny postage if the colonies will co- ! operate, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer is in possession of a surplus this year. The Chambers carried a motion in favour of the redaction of the postage to one penny. Loan and Mercantile Agency* Judgment will be giren upon the application of the Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, to rescind the . i order for examination on. Monday. BRUSSELS, Maech 16. The King of the BelgiansDisappeared. Some uneasiness has been caused 1 by the disappearance of the King of { the Belgians. These freaks, however, on his part have not been tinusual of late. SYDNEY, Mabch 17. The Onehunga Iron Works. j A number of iron workers in Lithgow ; have leased the iron works in Onohunga, i and intend to work them on the cooperative principle. Acquitted. The two labourers, Harris and Wilde, arrested on a charge of murdering a free labourer named Jacobßen, at Stockton f Colliery, have been acquitted. The Eeoent Storms—Extensive Damage. Some thousands o£ acres of maize have | been damaged in the Maclean district by . the recent storms. | A Peculiar Landslip. A peculiar landslip has occurred on Palmer Island. A quarter of an acre of land suddenly sank, and is now twenty feet under water. The slip is supposed to have been caused through the substratum of sand having: been washed away. MELBOURNE, Makes 17. Singular Imposture—Personating a Dead Father. A case o£ personation, which has been carried on for come time, has been brought to light. In 1868 a man embezzled a sum of money in New York. Hi 3 friends arranged the matter, and the offender came to Australia with his wife and young children. Going to England his son was successful in business and was sent to Victoria to represent an English house. A ! maa alleging that he was hia father, in a poor condition, waited on him and has bean supported since. While ill the man confessed that he was an impostor, and that the true father had died and he had secured his papers. The son decided not to take proceedings in order to avoid the exposure. BEISBANE, March 17. Impending Gales. Mr Wragge reports that an Antarctic barometric disturbance exists off the south end of New Zealand, and that shipping in I that neighbourhood is certain to meet with fierce Bqualla, heavy rain and high seas. This condition, he says, will obtain between 17Odeg west and southward from 40deg south, with heavy gales between north-east, north nortli-weat, and afterwards from south-wesfc.