HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 293, 20 April 1894, Page 2

HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

THE ROYAL WEDDING. DISCOVERY OF A FORGERY SCHEME THE CZAR AND THE DISARMAMENT PROPOSALS. AMERICA AND THE SILVER CRISIS. (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION). London, April 18 Mr R. T. Reid, Q.C., member for Dumfries, succeeds Sir John JRigby as Solicitor-General for Scotland. Mr Robert Reitl, the Victorian Defence Minister, expresses bis regret tbat the Federal mail contract has been concluded, as 1 10 believes better terms conld have bwn secured. Mr Hal), who purchased Cnmnor Flnco in the belief that be was acquiring Amy Robsart's prison, commonly reputed to be hn tut ted by her ghost, sued the Earl of Abingdon to rescind f lic purchase on the ground that it; is not tlie original historic place. A verdict was given in favour of the Enrl The ship Mercator, 1428 tons, which left Geelong on >ep' ember 16 for the English Chnnnel te receive orders, has been posted at Lloyd's as missing. Pabis, April 18. The French police has seized forged bank notes to the value of a quarter ot a ui i Dion franco, Berlin, April 10; Enormous crowds have gathered at Coburg to witness the -wedding of the Kaiser. The Prince of Wales and Czarewitch were received by the people with great enthusiasm. St. I'.tebsbuhg, April 18. It is reported that the Czar refused to agree to the disarmament proposals of the Triple Alliance unless Germany and Franco first abandoned their quarrel. Washington, April 18 The motion by Senator Lodge, to impose retaliatory duties on British and Australian goods until Great Gritain agrees to extend the coinage and use of silver, refer* to all the colonies. Coxey's labour army is expected to assemble in Washington on May Day, and the Government are afraid that this will lead to disorder. Home. April 19 General Goggio, an officer in the Italian Army, has been imv stsd at Monaco on suspicion of being ft spy. A num ber of incriniinatiNg documents were found in his possession.