BRITISH AND FOREIGN.
[rt electric telegraph— cop yrioht.) TPeb Press Association.! INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. LONDON, Jolt 27. An invitation lias been extended to Australia and New Zealand, asking them to take part in the Brussels international exhibition of 1897. COMMERCIAL ATTACHES. Great Britain will appoint two commercial attache's to the courts of Berlin and Madrid. MOBBED BY ANAECHISTS. LONDON, Jult 28. The Congress of World's socialist workers was mobbed by anarchists, and compelled to adjourn. THE DRUMMOND CASTLE. The Marine Court found that the Drutnmond Castle, which was wrecked in the Bay oH Biscay/was not navigated in a seamonlike manner, that the speed was too high, and tiiat the accident might have been averted if the captain had used the lead. f SCULLING. Gaudaur has. agreed to Stanburv's terms for a sculling match. CANADA'S POLICY. OTTAWA, July 28. Mr Laurier has confirmed the appointment of Mr Smith os Canadian High Commissioner in London. Speaking at Quebec, the Premier said he hoped to improve the relations with the United States, and secure a renewal of the treaty of 1853. FRENCH WEST AFKICA. PARIS, July 28. The French are making Loango the chidf port of. West Africa, and the Governor's station. The coastal telegraph through the length of the territory is almost completed. POLISH REVOLUTIONISTS. ST PETERSBURG, July 28. Many arrests have been made at Warsaw in connection with the Polish revolutionary movement. CRETAN AFFAIRS. ATHENS, July 28. The Cretan Assembly has postponed the execution of warrants in civil cases for three months.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5629, 29 July 1896, Page 3
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