TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS. LATEST EDITION.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 4904, 20 March 1894, Page 3

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS. LATEST EDITION.

IBY MLBCTUIO TaLBQBAPU.-OOPrBiaET.-] fSPECIAI. TO PBIBB AS9OCIATIOK.I LONDON, March 19. The Loan and Mercantile. The Court upheld the order to examine the directors of the Loan and Mercantile Agency Company. Notice of appeal has been given. Justice Sir Koland Williams, m delivering judgment in the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile case, said that he was decidedly of opinion that aprirndfacie case of fraud had been ma3e out against Mr Thomas Russell, and he was surprised that the directors were unwilling to take the opportunity to clear themselves. His Honor also said that the report of the liquidators revealed a state of things demanding rigid examination. BANGKOK, Maech 20. France and Sianr The mandarin Pharayo has been acquitted of the murder of Inspector Grosgrun, the massacre of whose party was the ostensible cause of the quarrel between France and Siam. Though the other Kuropeans in Bangkok are satisfied of the fairness of the trial, the French insist that Pharayo shall be tried again before French and Siamose judges. EIO DE JANEIEO, Mabch 19. Brazil. The insurgents are maintaining the rebellion in the San Paulo province. The Government has been defeated in the elections in Pernambuco province. . A Portuguese warship is taking Admiral de Gama to Buenos Ayres. President Peixoto demands that the Argentine authorities Bhall refuse to allow him to land from the vessel. SYDNEY, Maech 20. The Broken Hill TragedyConstables Arrested. Constables White and Shiels hare been arrested for the manslaughter of Conßidine at Broken Hill. SYDNEY, Mabch 20. Mr Gladstone— An Invitation to Australia. The Newcastle Town Council has agreed to urge the municipalities of the colony to ask Government to invite Mr Gladstone to visit Australia.