TELEGRAPHIC.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 6362, 17 December 1898, Page 6

TELEGRAPHIC.

United Press Association— By Electrio Telegraph — Copyright. NIGER- CONVENTION, LONDON, Dec. -15.' 'The time for ratifying the Niger Convention has been extended for six months. THE NEW VICEROY. Lord Curzon, the- new Viceroy, has Started for India. A HANDSOME DONATION. LONDON, Dec. 15. Lc^ 'Straihcpna and- Mount Royal has given.another million dollars to Victoria College, Montreal. Z7 7. 'X:^W- WARSHIP, . ■:.' :•■; y. . .-■*-' =•*--. ' Dec:-16_ The battleship Irresistible has been launched at Chatham. f EXPLOITING NEW GUINEA. An influential syndicate has applied to the Colonial Oflice and the Agents-General to acquire 100,000 acres of specified lands in New Guinea without monopolistic concessions, such as the New Guinea syndicate sought for. The minimum capital of the latest venture is £100,000. DELAGOA BAY. The "Pall Mall Gazette" states that Dr Leyds is hopeful of arranging a syndicate to lease Delagoa in return for a large loan to Portugal. PACIFIC CABLE. A revival -of Canadian interest in the' Pacific cable has taken place. It is expected that Canada and Great Britain will contribute* fiVe^ninths of the cdst in equal shares. AMMtJKITION STOLEN. . : f .... IJifty thousand rounds of Lee-Metford ammunition have been stolen from the Houhslow. authorities. There.is no clue to the; robbers. SPEECH BY PRESIDENT M'KINLEY. WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.' President M'Kinley, addressing a gathering of 10,000 persons at Atlanta, lauded the patriotism of the South. The nation was for evermore indivisible. The flag had been planted in two hemispheres, and was symbolic of law, liberty, peace and progress. INDO-CHINESE RAILWAYS. PARIS, Dec. 16..*. The Chamber of Deputies has authorised a loan of 200 million . francs for the construction of Indo-Chinese railways... . AMERICAN COMPETITION. NEW YORK, Dec. 15. Ten thousand. tons of ship plates have been exported to the orders of Clyde ship-, builders. THE MINING DIFFICULTY. SYDNEY, Dec. 16. The coal lumpers' difficulty was. finally settled yesterday, and the miners will resume work to-day. It has also been agreed to settle future disputes by 'arbitration.