HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 100, 22 October 1894, Page 2

HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

DEATH OF FROUDE, THE HISTORIAN. A SHIP OVERDUE. A PROFITABLE BANK. ARISTOCRATIC MARRIAGE. AMERICAN POLITICS. [per pbess association.! London. October 20. Mr J. A. Froude died to-day. Arrived— Fifeshire, from Port Chalmers. The ship Lady Lawrence is overdue from Geelong to Great Britain, and is being re-insured at over 10 per cent, premium. Mr Frank Lockwood, Q.C., succeeds Mr Reid as Solicitor- General, the latter taking the place of Sir J. Rigby as Attorney-General. The English, Scottish, and Australian Bank shows a gross profit for the year of .£164,000, leaving a balance, after paying interest on debentures and deposits, of £10,000. The liability of the old Bank has been reduced by twelve hundred thousand pounds. The Marchioness of Queensbury is petitioning for a decree of nullity of marriage. The Kaikoura left Plymouth to-day for Wellington and Lyttelton. The Queen has assented to the marriage of Prince Adolphus of Teck and Lady Margaret Grosvenor, daughter of the Duke of Westminster. Washington, October 21. It is reported the Republican Party in the Uninted States intend to seal the Democrats' tariff, reform it, and adopt it as their policy. Paris, October 20. The French Budget Committee has agreed to the proposed increase in the army of 7000 men. Calcutta, October 21 Id the event of the death of the Ameer of Afghanistan, liia cousin, I«kas Khan, will claim the throne, and it is believed he will receive the support of Russia in so doing.