TELEGRAPHIC.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 4906, 22 March 1894, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

| [Special to Pribs Association. I ' i H.M.S. CRESCENT. tt tit a LONDON, Maech 20. ■U.M..S. Crescent has resumed the voyage to Australia. GENERAL BOOTH. Upwards of twenty thousand people attended General Booth's jubilee. A. lady has bequeathed General Booth £20.000. It is intended to . raise £50,000 additional prior to July to provide for the extension of the I Salvation Army work in America j and Japarj, aud the fund for the establishment of an over-sea colony. SOUTH AFRICA. j Queen Victoria has been pro- ! claimed sovereign of Pondolaod. MARKING MEAT. Mr Gr. Lambert, M.P. for South Molfcon, has introduced a Bill providing for marking foreign meat, the measure following the proposals I adopted by the House of Lords some time ago. YACHTING. The yacht Britannia won the chief prize at Cannes Regatta. The Prince of "Wales was on board. THE SILVER QUESTION. WASHINGTON, March 21. Ifc is reported that the President, yielding to great pressure, will assent to the Silver Seigniorage Bill, if a pledge be given that no more Silver I Bills will be introduced during his I term of office. TIMBUCTOO. PABIS, Mabch 21. j The Government has decided to fortify Timbuctoo. FRENCH COLONIES. Senator Boul anger has been appointed Minister of French Colonies. AN UNSUCCESSFUL ATTACK. : SINGAPOBE, Maech 20. Malays attacked the Spaniards on 1 the Philippine Islands, but got badly worsted and lost two hundred of their ' number. ! HAWAII. ' WASHINGTON, March 21. , The Government has established a ' coal station at Pearl Harbour, Hawaii. ! NEW TARIFF. The new Tariff Bill repeals the i treaties established under the M'Kin- 1 ley law. !