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Star (Christchurch), Issue 6137, 25 March 1898, Page 3

MY EDITION.

BRITISH 01) FOREIGN. ♦ Uui led Press Association— By Electric TelegraphCopyright. Receired March 24, 9.30 a.m. THE MATAURA. LONDON, March 23. The steamer Mataura, which went ashore at the entrance to the Straits of Magellan, is now broken into halves. March 24. The Mataura's salvaged wool will cost three-halfpence per lb for reloading and storage charges. HAWAII. In the House of Commons, the Hon Q. N. Curzon, Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs, denied the charges made by the committee of the United States Senate in reference to British attitude in Hawaii. "A DERELICT. NEW YORK, March 23. [ The barque Helen Alty, bound from San Francisco to Klondyke, is a der- liet. She was found floating botiom upwards off Point Bonita. Forty passengers and the crew are supposed to be drowned. Beceiyed March 25, 9.15 a.m. •..,.. SIGrNOR CRISPI CENSORED. ROME. March 24. The Chamber of Deputies, by 207 votes to seven, censured the irregularities of Signor Crispi in connection with the Bank of Naples scandals, but rejected a motion by the Radicals to impeach or prosecute him. AFRICAN AFFAIRS. LONDON, March 24. The Standard states that France admits that her forces advanced to Sokoto, in A^est Africa, but she offers explanations and regrets. Eeceived March 25, 9.30 a.m. HOME RULE. LONDON, March 24. Speaking at Leicester, Mr John Morley said that Home Rule all round was impracticable. If the Irish persisted in their demand, the Liberals would grant a measure embodying provisions for a strictly subordinate Legislature, with increased . devolution of local affairs, in order to satisfy the claims of the Scotch and the. Welsh.