SOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 67, 13 September 1894, Page 2

SOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

•- . A CORNER IN TIN. AFFAIRS IN MADAGASCAR. < THE ANARCHISTS. THE GERMANS IN AFRICA. FRANCE WANTS MADAGASCAR. ( [PBB PBESS ASSOCIATION.! ( London. September 11. \ The Australian and New Zealand Mortgage Agency Company have de- , clared an interim dividend of 5 per cent. Belgian and French capitalists are forming a corner in tin, and at present ' hold 12,000 tons of metal. Clarke Campbell Preston, of the Black Watch, has been appointed Aide-dc- < Camp to Lord Glasgow. The Times consider! that before the colonies are asked to contribute directly to the national defence they must be granted an equitable shara of the control. The P. end O. Company is building three 5000 ton steamer* on the Clyde for the general passenger traffic Paris, September 12. Four warships have been despatched to support N. Deviler's mission to Madagascar. The prospect of the expedition finally conquering Madagascar is popular in Paris. The French newspapers declare Madagascar must be France's in the future. Rome. September 12. In a speech delivered by Signor Crispi he said it was necessary for a civil and religious authority crying "For God, King, and Country," to unitedly fight the Anarchists. These remarks are regarded as indicating a desire to improve the relations between the Government and the Vatican. Bfrlin, Sept. 11. The question of tho German-Portu-guese frontier in East Africa has been settled. Germany takes the mouth of the Rovuma River and Kionja, Portugal retains Delgade. Washington, Septcmbfr 11. The election in the State of Maine resulted in over-whelming victories for the Republicans, who have a majority in tbe the State Legislature.