CITY EDITION. Latest Telegrams BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 5226, 5 April 1895, Page 3

CITY EDITION. Latest Telegrams BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

1 • 3 TBT kLBCTRIG a [Special to Press Association. * , THE LEAMINGTON ELECTION. ' ! LONDON, Apbil 3. | ! The Standard a ays that Mr Nelson's withdrawal from "the election for , Leamington is an instance of Mr Chamberlain's dictation weakening the Unionist Alliance throughout the country. SIR W. M'GREGOR. Sir W. M'Gregor sails for New Guinea on April 10. .SOUTH AUSTRALIAN STOCK. ; I As the South Australian Agent- j . General's Office will in future do the work, Mr Playford has .informed | Messrs Glyn, Mills and Co. that they J will uot be required to inscribe stock. ! This will save the colony .£2OOO per ' annum. j GOVERNOR OP SOUTH AUSTRALIA. j j . Afbil 4. j ! . Lord Kensington is mentioned for the Governorship of South Australia. SIR HENRY LOCH. Sir H. B. Loch is regarded aa certain to be appointed Governor of New South "Wales unless the salary is reduced. SCULLING. Harding and Sullivan will row for the championship of England on the : Thames on Sept. 9. j BIMETALLISM. ; At an influential gathering of the ; Bimetallic League. Mr Balfour, in a • jubilant speech., referred to the imi proved prospects of bimetallism, i BANK OF AUSTRALASIA. At* the annual meeting of the Bank of Australasia, Mr Albau G. H. j Gibbs, the chairman, said the decrease | in the profits was due to the stagna- j tion in trade and, the reduction in the amount of advances by the Bank. He I hoped that a revival of prosperity in ! the colonies would enable the instituj tion to pay increased dividends. ■* INVESTMENT COMPANY. The report of the North British ; and New Zealand Investment Com- 1 j pany shows a profit of £3000, of . j which .£IOOO has been placed to the ! j reserve fund and .£276 carried for- ' j ward. The remainder is available for j j the payment of a dividend, which the directors recommended should be at ' j the rate of 3ir per cant. ■ ) JABEZ BALFOUR, j BUENOS AYEES, Apbil 4. j Jabez Balfour has left Salta for ' i Buenos Ayres in custody. . j j■. :■ A DEFICIT, ' ! ■; ' WASHINGTON, Apkil 4. j i The American deficit for the year ! ! is estimated at eight millions. j REPUBLICAN VICTORIES. j The Republicans in tiie westernI States swept the board at the spring ! elections. The former corrupt admin- • | istration in Chicago was wholly ! defeated. . ■ j JTHE VENEZUELAN TEQUBLE. [ Great Britain having rejected the . I suggestion of the United States Go- ! ! vernmeitt to submit the dispute be- 1 tween Venezuela and British Guiaua to arbitration, a movement has been s | set on foot in Venezuela to secure a J j United States protectorate foe- the j Republic. ' SWEDEN AND NORWAY. STOCKHOLM, April 4. , King Oscar refuses to accept the resignation of the Norwegian Minister, and declines to resume negotiations with the majority, owing to the ' letter's rejection of " the previous conditions. CUBA. MADRID, Afbil 4. j Marshal Campos, late commander of the troops in Madrid, who was ! recently appointed Governor of Cuba, I has started to take command of affairs in the island. j BEHRING SEA FISHERIES. I OTTAWA, Apbil 4. ! The Canadian Government protests vigorously against the American proposal for an International Conference on the Bahring Sea fisheries, as ! subversive of the award of the Arbitration 'Court at Paris. BURMAH. CALCUTTA, Araii 4. Sir A. Mackenzie, Chief Com- [ missioner in Burmah, speaking at I Rangoon, said that Burman was ; being dragged into the vortex of | European politics^ His successors ■ would soon have problems to solve equal to those presented in North- ! west India.