CITY EDITION. BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 5501, 28 February 1896, Page 3

CITY EDITION. BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

— : — : — ~ [by fj.kct&w telegraph— copyright.] [Special to Press Association.] ' -RIFLE RANGES. LONDON, Feb. 26. A. scheme is being considered for the establishment on a large scale of rifle ranges for British volunteers and militia. JULY MANOEUVRES. Feb. 27. Forty thousand men will take part in the July manoeuvres. PARTITION OF QUEENSLAND. Members of the Assembly for the Central Division of Queensland are petitioning Mt Chamberlain to assent to the peparatibn of the colony. - < TEE BANK OF AUSTRALASIA 9 The Bank of Australasia has declared a dividend u£ 5 per cent for the half-year, and carried forward jfill j ,653. ROYAL PATRONAGE. The Prince of Wales will attend the cricket match, between Lord Sheffield's team and the Australian eleven. SPEECH BY MR GOSCHEN. Mr Goscheri, ex-Chancellor of the Exchequer, speaking at Lewes, said that he was delighted to see the Btrong hold which Great Britain possesseased of the hearts of the colonists. The relations at present existing with Germany were excellent ; and, he said, it was a dangerous fallacy for foreign statesmen to believe that Great Britain would nevei fight for outlying interests. International log-rolling, he asserted, had caused British isolation, which, he thought, was easily terminable. THE ASHANTEE EXPEDITION, Lord "Wolseley warmly welcomed and eulogised the troops operating it Ashantee on their return here.