BRITISH AND FOREIGN.
[b 7 electric telegraph — copyright.] [Per Press Association."? THE AUSTRALIAN SQUADRON. LONDON, Feb. 22. H.M.S. JRoyal Arthur lias Bailed with relief crews for fche Australian station. COKAL ISLANDS. . LONDON, Feb. 23. Professor Sollas, who some months ago visited the Ellice Group and other islands in the Pacific with the view of testing the rival theories relative to the formation of the coral islands, issues his report shortly. MAIL SERVICES. " Replying to a question iv the House of Commons, Mr Hanbury, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, said he believed that the Australian colonies ■were unwilling to face the expense of a special mail service between Naples and Calais. THE SANITARY CONFERENCE. PARIS, Feb. 23. The British delegates informed the Sanitary Conference here that pilgrimages from India to Mecca have been prohibited. The conference requested the other Powers to endeavour to prevent similar trips.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5805, 24 February 1897, Page 3
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