HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 161, 7 January 1895, Page 2

HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

i * COLONIAL WOODS AT HOME. THE POLICY OF CZAR NICHOLAS. PREPARING FOR WAR. ENCROACHING ON BRITISH ' TERRITORY. LORD RANDOLPH CHURCHILL. THE STATIST'S PRIZE. THE CONGO. NATIONAL BANK DIVIDEND OF 5 PER CENT. (FKB PEKBS ASSOCIATION). London, January 5 Mr Chapman, of McLean Bros, and Rigg, states that there is an almost unlimited market at Home for Australian woods, provided they are shipped in a well-seasoned condition. He suggests that the price should be slightly reduced in order to meet the objection of the railway owners. The Times strongly supports the proposal to appoint Mr Eddy president of the South-Eastern Railway Company in preference to Sir George Russell, one of the directors, and Sir Myles Fenton, < general manager. Lord Randolph Churchill is improving, except for the paralysis. Sir Lyon Playfair will act for the Marquis of Lome as one of the judges for the Statist prize for the best scheme of commercial union. The National Bank of New Zealand declare a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent per annum. Counsel ha 3 advised that the sbarehol ders in the Bank of New Zealand are un able to resist the call in accordance with the charter. St Petersburg, January 5. The Czar has summoned a meeting of the whole of the notables of the empire at St. Petersburg, to confer upon the condition of the people, and especially of the Poles. The Czar has issued au edict in which he profusely thanks. Count Schouvaloff for his services. l£ it he also declares that the promotion of universal peace, which was so dear to his father's heart, will be equally dear to his own. Caracas, January 5. Venezula having occupied British territory on the Cuyuni River, reinforcements of troops are en route to protect the interests of Great Britain. Brussels, January 5. In February the King of the Belgians will submit proposals to the Chamber of Deputies for the annexation of the Congo, as the French Government offer no opposition. SoriA, January 4. The Court of Enquiry which was set up in connection with the murder of M. Beltcheff, ordered the arreat of M. Stamboutoff, ex- Premier, as an accessory to the crime ; but the Commandant in Sofia declined to execute the order unless it was confirmed by the Minister of War. Stamboutoff, who is still at liberty, declares that political animosity has prompted the monstrous charge. Beunos Ayres, January 6. The damage to the Argentine wheat crop is more serious than was expected. The quantity available for export will probably not exceed 4i million quarters. The Argentine Government is expending 2,000,000 dollars for war material in view of the difficulty with Chili. Bankok, January 5. Prince Somdetch Chowfa Maha Vajirunhis, Crown Prince of Siarn, is dead.