CITY EDITION.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 5281, 11 June 1895, Page 3

CITY EDITION.

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BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

[»* elbctrio tblbq&apb—ooptbiqht,'] [Special to Press Assoc/atioi?.] EDUCATION. LONDON, June 9. lhe Arch bishops of Canterbury and York have issued a circular letter, in which they claim equal treatment for voluntary and State schools. They suggest that the Treasury should payall teachers, and those "who do not draw royal rates would thus obtain Government help without control. The Times, in discussing the scheme, estimates that it would involve an extra cosfc to the taxoayer of 20 per cent.

YACHTING. LONDON, June 10. Ijord Brassey takes with him to Melbourne a 24-foot yachfc for next season's yachting. ARMENIA. Great Britain has appointed a special Consul to watch affairs ia Bitlia, which is situated uear the scene of the recent atrocities ia Armenia.

AN APPOINTMENT. WASHINGTON, Junb 9. It is officially announced that the Hon Richard Olney, AttorneyGeneral, succeeds the late Mr , G-reshain aa Secretary of State. ■ HORRIBLE TORTURES. : BERLIN, June 10. Hornbio revelations have come to light as to tortures inflicted in a Catholic asylum at Aix la Ohapelle. Patients were bouud hand and foot and then submerged head downwards in ioy water until they were partially drowned. After being released and revived they were again subjected to the same inhuman treatment. A FATAL TERMINATION. ROME, June 10. Signor Ferrare, formerly Under Secretary of Foreign Affairs, who was wounded by a Socialist, has succumbed. MISSIONARY PERIL. SHANGHAI, June 10. It is feared that the rioters in Ghiogbu have massacred the missionaries there. The telegraph wires have been cut, and therefore it is impossible to obtain information.