CITY EDITION. BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 6074, 11 January 1898, Page 3

CITY EDITION. BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

United Press Association— By Electric TelegraphCopyright. , Received Jam. 11, 0.40 p.m. THE NEW SOUTH WALES I LOAN. : LONDON, Jan. 10. The New South Wales loan is quoted at a premium of 2 per cent. THE SILVER QUESTION. I Mr Sraalley, the New York correspondent of the Times, states that the silver agitation is increasing. All Democrats, Populists, Silverites, Monometallißts and Republicans are dvided. The deficit on the fiscal year amounts to forty millions. , AN IMPORT DUTY. CAPETOWN, Jan. 10. I Natal has imposed a duty of 2d per lb on frozen and chilled meat. • THE AUSGLEIC_:. > BUDA PESTH, Jan. 10. ' By 25 to 11 the Hungarian delegates passed the third reading of the Ausgleich. . ... ■■•'■•' SUGAR BOUNTIES. V ■■ BERLIN, Jan. 10. Germany and Austria are •willing to abolish sugar bounties, but the convening of a conference to deal with the matter rests with Belgium. I THE FRENCH NAVY. PARIS, Jan. 10. The French dockyards have been ordered to accelerate ship building as much as possible. THE REVOLT IN CUBA. 1 MADRID, Jan. 10. 1 Seven thousand reinforcements are being sent to Cuba. Received Jan. 11, 1 a.m. I A MURDERER EXECUTED. ! SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 10. Durant, whose death sentence for the murder of a girl in a church has been so long deferred on one plea aud another, has been executed. Received Jan. 11, 9.25 a.m. FREE CONCERTS. LONDON, Jan. 10. Mr John Burns advocates the establishment by the municipalities of choral societies for the purpose of giving free concerts to the public. CAPTURE OF A STRONGHOLD. CAPE TOWN, Jan. 10. It is reported that the chief Lerothodi has captured a stronghold commanding Masupha's village in Basutoland. ' Received Jan. 11, 10.35 a.m. THE BUBONIC PTAGUE. BOMBAY, Jan. 10. The mortality from tho plague is alarmingly on the increase. The last reports state that 159 new cases occurred within forty-eight hours, of whom 126 died. RETRIBUTION. A force of 150 Bombay infantry has sailed from India for the Persiau Gulf. It is believed that the despatch of troops is connected with the murder of Mr Graves, an Englishman in the Persian telegraph service, by brigands.