HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 62, 10 September 1895, Page 2

HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

GERMAN NAVAL DEMAND?. 2000 DEATHS DAILY F1.0.U ' CHOLER V (Per Press Association ) I Berlin 1 , Sept. 8. The press allege Great Britain is on the point of acquiring Chusah, one of the group of islands off the East Coast of China, and insist that Germany shall secure a naval station in the East, p£KiN, Sept. 8. Two thousand deaths are recorded here daily from cholera. London, Sept. 9. The Earl of Kintore, speaking at Inverurie, in referring to the colonial bonuses for produce, advised Home farmers to demand a fair competition all round as Great Britain he thought, was pushing free trade too far. The family of Stokes, a British trader who was haDged in the Congo district by the Belgians, are claiming heavy indemnity. Sir J. Renals, Lord-Mayor of London, personally assured the Frentti President the City would be delighted to entertain him if he visited England. M. Faure said such a visit was not at present mooted, and it would be impossible to arrange it between the Lord Mayor and himself, and the wishes of the French Government must be taken into consideration. The Mortgage Company of South Australia has declared a dividend of 4 per cent. The imports of the United Kingdom for the last month showed an increase in value of £2,972,000, and the exports an increase of £2,900,0 X). Sir M. W. Ridley, Home Secretary, is making enquiries in connection with Daly's case. Buda Pksth, Sept. 9. Arch-Duke Lachslans, fourth son of the Archduke Joseph, of the Royal House of Austria-Hungary, acevdently shot himself while out shooting in Hungary to day, and died from the wound. Paris, Sept. 8. The local press are inciting Government not to yield to the clamor with regard to the Waller incident in Madagascar.