CITY EDITION. BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 5840, 6 April 1897, Page 3

CITY EDITION. BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

[»r Ei.KCI'WN! IKI.KGRAI'H—VOPTHIQHT,-} [Pkb Press Association/] SUCCESSFUL AUSTRALIAN I ARTISTS. LONDON, April 4. Mr .Tamos Quinn, the winner of the travelling scholarship given by the Melbourne National Art Gallery, and Messrs Hales and Oflker, two other Australian artists, have had pictures accepted by the Paris Salon. SPECIAL SETTLEMENTS. Mi 1 H. Cx. Hogan, the member for Tipperary in the House of Commons, intends to ask Mr Chamberlain if the Emigrants' Information Office will be authorised to inquire into the credentials of colonies similar to Mildura, which, he alleges, are making misleading announcements that they are under the control of the Governments in which they are being established. ATLANTIC STEAM SERVICE. LONDON, April 5. A delegate from the Canadian Government is to consult Mr Chamberlain as to an' lmperial subsidy for a fast Atlantic steam service between England and Canada. The Times says that the negotiations between the Canadian Government and Messrs, Petersen, Tate and Co., of Newcastle, only require the Imperial assent. ANOTHER RUSSIAN LOAN. ST PETERSBURG-, April 5. Russia is borrowing nine millions sterling for the purposes of railway construction. AUSTRIAN MINISTERIAL CRISIS. VIENNA, April 5. ■ Emperor FnviK'is Joseph has declined to accept Count Badeni's resignation. THE TOKAT MASSACRE. CONSTANTINOPLE, April 5. A hundred and forty Moslems and four Armenians have been arrested at Tokat. AN OBJECTIONABLE APPOINTMENT. The Foreign Ambassadors have objected to the proposed appointment of Hassan Pasha, the Turkish Minister of Marine, as Governor of Tokat.