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WOMAN SUFFRAGE,
£87 ELBOTBIO T&LttQRAPR~OOPYBIQRT,I ' [Spkciaii to Prxhs Associamow.J ACCIDENT TO THE I TONGARIRO. I LONDON, ,Junb 5. I The Tongariro, which left PJy- ( month on June 1, has put back to • that port with her machinery dis- j abled. She is likely to be detained '■, about ten dajs< 1 MR EDDY. I JUNB 6. It is stated that Mr Eddy objects ( to the proposed increase in his salary ■ being submitted to Parliament if it is * likely to be rejected. j LORD HOPETOUN. j A banquet given to the Earl of I Hopetoun, »t Edinburgh, wna attend- j ed by two hundred of the iliie of ! Scotland. The ex Governor dwelt on the noble qualifies of the Victorians, and predicted a grand future for the colony.- • { MASONIC. { The Grand Masonic Lodge of . England elected two nominees of the j Cambrian Lodge, Sydney, to the ■ Colonial Board, and adjourned to \ December the debate on the proposed abolition of the Board pending- an expression of colonial opinion. ' AN AFGHAN VISITOR. ! Nasrullah Ehan,. the Ameer's son,. \ reviewed seventeen thousand troops ■' at Aldershofc, and specially admired the artillery. The Lord Mayor of London receives him in state at the ! Guildhall to day, and preaeuts an ! address enclosed in a gold casket. ' VICTORIAN AFFAIRS. j The Earl of Hopetoun, speaking at I a banquet, said he would not attempt I to conceal the fact that the situation ' in Victoria was serious. The colony had met its troubles honestly, and tried to re-establish its credit in the : eyes of the world. A better and I sounder tone prevailed at the time he j left than for some years past. He ' had been informed that business was : now brisk. j NEW SOUTH WALES GOVER- > NORBHIP. , } The Scotsman repeats the rumour j that Sir Arthur Hayter, M.P. for ' Walsall, will receive the Governorship = of New South Wales, if the bye- J election ia likely to go in favour of ! the Government. j The Scotsman says that Govern- j ment supporters would regard the appointment of Sir A. Hayter to the Governorship of New South Wales as an indication of the speedy dissolution of Parliament. OSCAR WILDE'S OCCUPATION. The governor of the gaol denies that Wilde is insane. At first" the convict was kept at the treadmill for six hours a day, but as his health is not good he is at present engaged in the lighter occupation of picking oakum. J j ARMENIAN AFFAIRS, i The Powers are incensed at the ' dilatory conduct of the Turkish : Government respecting the Armenian • proposals, and it is not unlikely that J a conference of European ambassadors j in Constantinople will be followed by : a naval display. THE TROUBLE AT JEDDAH. CAIRO, Junes 6. Bedouins have destroyed the cholera hospital in Jeddab. The garrison is to be increased immediately. LOBENGULA. CAPETOWN, June 6. Several reports have been received from Zambesi that Lobengula is still alive. j
ESCAPE FEOM BEIGANDS.
ATHENS, June 6.
A party, which included some officials attached to the British Legation here, had a thrilling escape from brigands in La Rissa.
OTTAWA, Junk 6. The Canadian House of Commons, by a majority of 58, rejected a proposal to confer the franchise on women.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5278, 7 June 1895, Page 3
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