HOME AND FOREIGN.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 11478, 10 January 1903, Page 8

HOME AND FOREIGN.

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THE ARTICLE CLUB. (Received January 9th, 8.50 a.m.) LONDON, January 8. The Article Club has been voluntarily wound up. A MINT APPOINTMENT. Mr W. G. Ellison Macartney, M.P. for Antrim South, has been appointed Deputy-Master of the Royal Mint. BRITISH TRADE. The British imports for December increased by £1,400,000, and the exports decreased by £94,000, _s compared with ...e previous December. THE SOUTHWARK CASE. His Polish wife has identified Chapman, the Southwark publican charged with poisoning a woman, as K'.osoff. EFFECT OF A STRIKE. Owing to the strike of shipbuilders and joiners at Newcastle-on-Tyne, orders for fourteen new ships have gone to Germany. FIGHTING ON THE PERSIAN GULF. The Emir of Nejd, who has recently been engaged in hostilities with'the Sheik of Kioweyt, was again en route to resume fighting, but when within a few days' march of Koweyt he decided to return. HORRIBLE CRIME IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, January 8. A coachman discharged from the employ of Mr. Finlay, a New York millionaire, cut the throat of Mr Finlay's four-year-old daughter, and afterwatds committed suicide. THE IRISH LAND QUESTION. („eee_ved January 9th, 9.51 p.m.) ' LONDON, January 8. •Mr Tim Healy trusts that the Government, the landlords, and tJie Conservatives will recognise the moderation of the shown by Lord Dunraven's convention.- He adds that at will be wise to clinch the (bargain legislatively. A ROYAL CRUISE. (Received January 9th, 11.39 plm.) LONDON, January 9. The King and Queen are to spend five weeks cruising in the Mediterranean ports. BELFAST ORANGEMEN. Colonel Saunderson, M.P. for Armagh North, has resigned the Grand Mastership of the Belfast Orangemen, Alleging that he is not properly* supported. ' A REPORT CONTRADICTED. (Received January 10th, 1.1:40 a.m.) LONDON, January 9. A Tangier message denies that Muley Mahommed, the Sultan's brother, has been made ueneralissimo. It states that he has been placed under lenient and careful surveillance at Fez. ■* MICROBE OF HYDROPHOBIA Professor Sormagin, of Pavia, claims to have oiscovered the microbe of hydrophobia. CONTINENTAL AID FOR THE BOERS. Botha states that the total amount collected in Europe in aid of the Boers was fiios.ooo! 1 A CHINESE APPOINTMENT. Chinese officials say Chang-chi-tung will not return to his post. He becomes a member of the Grand Council at Pekin. KING OF SAXONY. """ BERLIN, January 9. The condition of the King of Saxony has improved. END OF THE DELHI DURBAR. BOMBAY, January 9. A brilliant review concluded tbe Delhi Durbar.