HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 169, 16 January 1895, Page 2

HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

MAIL SERVICES. RUSSIA'S ACTIVE MILITARY POLICY. MRS BESANT ON HER DEFENCE. SUSPENSION OF MILES & CO. ENGLAND AND MOROCCO. (Per Press Association.) London, January 15. The silence of the Colonial Governments relative to the extension of the mail contracts until 1898 is said to inconvenience the Postal Committee. If the colonies refuse an extension the Postmaster General is almost certain to invite tenders for a two years' contract on!y. The death is announced of Professor J. Seely, M.A., in his <>lst year. Lord Brassey has accepted the Governorship of Victoria in succession to Lord Hopetoun whose term of office is ahout to expire. The Newmarket Justices granted the anti-gambling league a summons against the stewards of the Jockey Club for allowing betting on the course. Mrs Besaut, in a letter to the Chronicle, admits she was deceived by the Judge's alleged message from Mahatmas, and did her best to expose and suppress him. The American branch of the society ought to do the rest. She says she preferred to suffer under the charge of fraud rather than divulge private documeuts. Miles and Co., New Zealand merchants, 79 Grace Church street, have suspended. It is reported that the Sultan of Morocco, finding himself unable to retain his kingdom, has appealed to Great Britain to establish a protectorate over the country. The Financial Times asserts that the fall in Victorian stocks is owin£ to the embarrassed condition of the Minisiy. The Standard states that a hint passed round the City that a large fall in the stocks was expected. There is no reason clear why such a decline should take p!aca, but the writer presumes the market | must be willing to lend an ear to the rumour. St John's, January 15. The proposal for the federation with Canada is gaining favour in Newfoundland. St. Petersburg, January 14 The Russian Government is forming seven mortar regiments for the purpose of firing heavy shrapnel shells by means of very powerful explosives. The regiments will be stationed at Odessa, Kieff, St. Petersburg, Warsaw and three other centres.