CITY EDITION. BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 6091, 31 January 1898, Page 3

CITY EDITION. BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

United Pres3 Association— By Electric Telegraph— Copyright. Beceivecl Jan. 29, 9 p.m. GERMAN WARSHIPS. BERLIN, Jan. 28. Germany will send two cruisers and surveying ships to Australia in the summer. Received Jan. 31, 9.40 a.m. LORD ROSEMEAD'S WILL. LONDON, Jan. 30. The will of the late Lord Rosemead has been lodged for probate. The personalty is sworn at under £56,000. PARCELS POST CONVENTION. A Parcels Post Convention has been promulgated between France and Australia. RIOTING IN INDIA. CALCUTTA, Jan. 30. Since the opening of a plague hospital at Nasik, in India, riots have taken place. An attendant at the hospital was killed, and the segregation camp burnt. The police fired on the rioters, wounding several. GERMANY'S FOREIGN TRADE. BERLIN, Jan. 30. . The foreign trade of Germany for 1897 was higher than in any previouo year. PAYMENT OF AMERICAN BONDS. WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. The Senate, by 47 to 32, adopted a resolution moved by Mr Tiller in favour of American bonds being made payable either in silver op gold. THE KLONDYKE GOLD-BELT. 1 NEW YORK, Jan. 30. j The gold - belt in the Klondyke district has been found to extend to Cassiar, once a noted gold-mining centre, at the source of the Sticken and Liard rivers. Rich placers have been found in the valley of the Liard river. EXPULSION OF INDIANS. PRETORIA, Jan. 30. , President Kruger has ordered all Indian traders and coolies to rempve to locations outside the towns.