TELEGRAPHIC.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 4927, 17 April 1894, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC.

o fSpSCIAL TO PBBBB ASSOCIATION.! THE FKENCH NAVY. PARIS, April 16. In his report on the state of the French navy, M. Lockroy refers in terms of warm praise to the loyalty and honesty of the officers of the service. A EOYAL WEDDING. BERLIN, April 16. Numbers of Koyalties are arriving in Coburg to be present at the wedding of the G-rand Duke of Hesse and Princess Victoria of Coburg. The ceremony is to he of a most brilliant character. THE AMERICAN INCOME TAX WASHINGTON, April 15. It is reported that the income tax will amount to 9d in the £, but incomes under £200 are to be exempt. PONDOLAND. • CAPETOWN, Apbil 16. The chiefs in Pondoland who opposed the annexation of the country by the Government of Cape Colony have" been deported' lo East Griqualand, which lies to the north of Pondoland. EGYPTIAN AFFAIES. CAIRO, April 16. Before appointing Nubar Pasha to succeed Riaz Pasha as President of the Council and Minister of the Interior, the Khedive consulted Lord Cromer, British Minister.

A DISAPPEARANCE.

SIJLMNJKiX, APBIi J.D. During the voyage of the Tarawera from Wellington, a saloon passenger, named Samuel Ferguson, disappeared on the evening of April 12, and no trace of him could be found. BANKRUPTCY. MELBOURNE, April 16. Sir Matthew Davies has filed a petition in bankruptcy. He attributes^ hiß failure to bis connection with certain financial institutions. His 'liabilities, amount to .£281,000, of which the. bum o£ £253,000 is secured. The assets are stated at , ; £32,700,