CITY EDITION. BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 5748, 17 December 1896, Page 3

CITY EDITION. BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

[BT ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH — COPYRIGHT]. [Per Press Association*..! , THE IRISH PARTY IN PARLIAMENT. LONDON, Dec. 15. Mr Dillon states that the Irish members will . return to the old position, and support the party which places the autonomy of -Ireland in the forefront of politics. A Council of members, held /it Dublin, unanimously demanded the immediate attention of the Government to the excessive taxation drawn from Ireland, and claimed the restoration of the money extracted from the country. VITICULTURE. Mr Burney Toting, of South Australia, in a paper read at the Colonial Institute, advocated producing wine on scientific lines, audUhe serding of youths to Prance to study viticulture. THE AGENT-GENERAL. The Hon W. P. Keeves delivered a lecture on New Zealand at the Imperial Institute. VICTOKIAN ERA EXHIBITION. Dec. 16. The Victorian Era Exhibition will open in May. . ...-;.. DISABLED OFFICIALS. Sir Robert Meade, of the Colonial Office, has broken his leg, and the Hon Edward Fairfield, Uuder-Secre-tary of the same office, is. ill in Italy. TYNAN'S GANG. BelJ, one of Tynan's ■ gang, Las been arrested in Scotland,; and remanded until January. IRISH TAXATION. Mr Carson, M.P. for Dublin University, speaking on the question of Irish taxation, said that Irish friends were too ready to assume that injustice exists, as Unionists were not entitled to claim separate treatment. DIPLOMATIC. Baron de Courcel, French Ambassador 1o London, is retiring. The cause is unknown. BALLOONING TO THE NORTH POLE. PAEIS, Dec. 15. MM* Godard and Lurcouf, two French aeronauts, will attempt to reach the North Pole, uuder the auspices of the French Press. RUSSIAN OPPOSITION. BERLIN, Dec. 15. The Berlin Post confirms the report that Men'elik has ceded a naval coaling station to Russia between Obok and Krythrea. The same paper states that Ru&sia intends to secure a footing, in Somaliland, to assist in opposition to Epgliah designs in Africa. ARREST OF STUDENTS. ST PETERSBURG, Dec. 15. Forty Moscow students have been arrested and the political documents in their possession seized. THE ITALIAN NAVY. ROME, Dec. 15. The Italian Ministry reports that of the additions to the navy sanctioned in June, 1887, twenty-eight ironclads and sixty-one torpedo boats have not been-built EXECUTION OF SOMALIS. Dec. 16. News has been received that the Italian authorities executed five Somalia for participation in the recent Cecchi massacre/ ( TRADE PROTECTION. » TORONTO, Dec. 15. The Navy League has petitioned England for tlie protection of the trade route, and for the partial manning of the cruisers by colonists. CATTLE QUARANTINE., OTTAWA, Dec. 15. The Dominion Government is asking the United States to mutually relax the cattle quarantine regulations. MR CECIL RHODES. . CAPETOWN, Dec. 15. Mr Cecil Rhodes's> house has been gutted by fire.