HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 21, 24 July 1895, Page 2

HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

(Per Press Association). London, July 23 The Caledonian and Australian Mortgage Company is issuing a quarter of a million 4£ debentures at par. Lord Brassey sailed in the Sunbeam for Portsmouth on Saturday evening. Lord Hampden, the new Governor of j New South Wales, sailed in the Hinaa- j i»ya. Speaking at the presentation of the address to Sir Henry Irving, Mr A. W. Pincro, the well-known dramatist, said the honor bestowed upon the great actor would greatly encourage the popularity and influence l of the drama. Posterity he said, would fondly recall Sir Henry Irving's name and deeds. Shares in the Captain Cook Brewery Company, Auckland, have been allotted. Obituary— Samuel Deering, Assistant Agent-General for South Australia. "a depositor, in a letter to the Times, says the kernel of the scheme for the reconstruction of the City of Melbourne Bank really means confiscation. It urges that it is advisable to wind the bank up speedily, and get all they can from the wreck. The Scotch depositors, after ten hours' discussion, declined the scheme submitted by the City of Melbourne Bank, but appointed a committee to consider it; also the general position of the Bank, They requested Mr Loader to cable to Melbourne to postpone the meeting called for July 30, pending the report of the committee. Lord Roberts succeeds Lord Wo'seley ns Commander of the forces in Ireland. Lord Selbonrne personally returned the calls of the Agents-General on behalf of the Hon Mr Chamberlain. Arrived — Arawa, from Sydney, via the Cape. Glenlora, from Lyttelton. Washington, July 23. Thirteen students of the Pnncetown College, New Jersey, who were proceeding to the Yellowstone National Park to study geology, are missing. It is believed that they have been captured by Indians at Union Pas?, "Wyorhing, the redskins being enraged at the restrictions placed by the Government on their hunting. Madrid, July 23 General Campos was wounded in the recent fight with the Cuban insurgents, and escaped on horseback. The rest of his followers were killed. There is much discontent amongst the Spanish troops.