CITY EDITION. Latest Telegrams BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 5428, 2 December 1895, Page 3

CITY EDITION. Latest Telegrams BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

[07 elwothia tmlbqiupu—gopybwht.j [Special to Pbess Association.] A NARROW ESCAPE. LONDON, Nov. 29. The Indian troopship Malabar, with 1500 troops on board, ran into a fog when nearing. Portsmouth, and only escaped running on the rocks at the, Isle of Wight by a couple of hundred yards. SMALL POX. Nov. 30. It is reported that small pox is prevalent in Bio de Janeiro, and that one hundred deaths are recorded daily. THE COSTA RICA PAOKET. LONDON, Deo. 1. The British statement of claim in the ObstavEica Packet urbitratidn case; has been handed to Mr Martens, the arbitrator, . A MOTION REJECTED. PABIS, Nov. 30. The Chamber of Deputies", by a majority of two hundred, rejected a Bonapartist motion demanding the revision of its Constitution, DUMAS'S FUNERAL. PARIS, Die. 1. Although the funeral of Dumas was announced to be private, an immense concourse of people attended. GERMAN SOCIALISM. BERLIN, Nov. 30. The police have closed eleven Social and Democratic Clubs, including that qf the Central Committee, which is conducting the movement throughout Germany. TRAIN WRECKING. NEW YORK, Dkc.l. The Cuban insurgents wrecked a second train by means of an infernal machine. The' officials were killed, and a number of passengers injured. CHARGE OF FRAUD. MADRID, Dec. 1. Fifteen members of the municipality have been indicted on the charge of defrauding the public. An assassin attempted to murder the Marquis Cabrinate, the originator of the exposure. . MISSIONARIES MURDERED. ■hH'i; ■ : ZANZIBAR, Die. 1. v News has been received that the Hovas in Madagascar have murdered two English missionaries^ > j ■• <■ j