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Press Association—Telegraph—Copyright. Received May 22, 12.38 p.m. LONDON, May 21. Wool—Pitioes good ; some merinos were withdrawn • orossbreds still very dear. Received May' 22, 10.10 a.m. LONDON, May 21. German exploiters on the site of Babylon discovered' the gate of Nebuchadnezzar's palace, and1 hundreds of inscribed bricks, part of the public library, dealing •with tbie earliest Babylonian history. The blankets seized! at Wiitechaped wwe ditenched with blood and; swarming with typhoid bacilli. Fifteen thousand were sold in the provinces.
The King and Queen opened the Edward VII. Bridge.at Kew costing a millionl.
The "Times" states thiajbtfie promoters oi the Antarctic expedition liave .appealed to the Government for a grant of £40,000 to succour the expedition.
Lord Minto's term,as Governor-General of Canada has been exteridled for! a year.
Loild Cranbourne, in the House of Comimons, in reply to a question on the. Congo Free States ateocities, Dot altogether satisfying the House, Mr. Balfour intervened and accepted! Mr; Herbert Samuel's resolution that the Government should confer ■witli the co-signatories of thie" Berlin Treaty and. the Congo Free State, and secure an abatement of the evils, and freedom oij trade, Mr. Saiauel consenting; to omit the sesbatement that the Free States had constantly violated the treaty. " i" ■■
Having been guaranteed! the support of forty Unioniste, Mr. Chaplin will move alter the Whitsuntide recess an amendr ment against tihe remission of the corn tax, and in favour'of the liedtictioDi, if necessary, of the duty on tea. :
Shrewsbury's betrotjhedi .heartS the first shot, and asked him what he was doing. He replied "Nothing,'1' and fired a second shot immediately after. . He told 'her recently that he would be in the churchyard in a few days. A verdict of temporary insanity was returned.
In committee in the House of Commons the clause in the London: Education Bill dealing with representation, the Government's proposal, for the adtmdssion of 12 borough councillors to the London Educational Committee was carried by a majority of 41, and! included 25 Nationalists, -while 30 Unionists voted with the minority.
The "Daily Mail" alleges that! quantities of infected blankets drom Sonithi Africa went to Whitechapel. The Government aold none, but thousands were stolen' by Kaffirs or captnnted in warfare. Eleven! cases of enteric on the reformatory, ship Cornwall, in the Thames, were traced! to
the use of these infectedl blankets. Ware-
houses have been fumigated, but quantities hava .already <gonla to the provinces.
PARIS, May 21
Negotiations are proceeding between France and Britain regarding Morocco. A notable article in the 'Despecbe Cakmiale" declares that if France's paramountcy in Morocco is realised, she is prepared! to neutrajise tlie entire African coast of the Strait' except Ceufca, also to snake concessions in Egypt.
SA. PETERSBURG, May 21
Bogdauovitch's murderers fired! nine bullets at his breast and back and escaped, though" a watiohtoan wlt'nessed the. assassination. It is regarded as revenge for tba Governor's stern repression of the Slatoniski disorders.
It is reported at St. Petersburg thaii ithei© is a plot to assassinate all the Governors of the iproyincee. .
The Chief of Police ab Kdshineff has been dismissed.
CONSTANTINOPLE* May 21
Helim Pasha hears that 100 Bulgarian officers have crossed the fronitier during the last few days to join* the revolutionaries. .
Hilmd Pasha proposes to try the worsts Maoedionian prisoners, and! erfe all suspected to Anatolia, like Russia sends suspects to Siberia, and will keep those least implicated undetf surveillance.
CAPETOWN, May 21
Governor Lawley, in- openitug the Legislature at Pretoria, announced regarding labour in the mines that the Government would allow the citizens to decide,..reserving tlie right to safeguard the interests of tble community. . .
HONG KONG, May 21
Two thousand native houses in Manila were burnt and two million dollars of damage done. : ' Eight thousand people are homeless. OTTAWA, May 21.
. It is officially announced that the new penny postage to* Australia commences on Monday.
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