HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 91, 14 October 1895, Page 2

HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

strike of Engineers. xf.w south wales loan. i. antarctic expedition.conflict between church and state. (Per Press Association.^ London, Oct. 10. The personality in the estate of the ; late Mr Henry Natbam, an Australian merchant, has been sworn at nnder £153,000. The widow has a life inter- \ est in £50,000 and the bulk of the residue is divided equally between the sons, Louis and Albert, and the daughter, Matilda Moss. Viscount Hampden, the Dew Governor of New South Wales, with his family has sailed for Sydney. Slatin Pasha has been created a Companion of the BathIt is reported thtit a South African millionaire equips an expedition under Mr C. E. Borchgrevinck, Norwegian explorer, to start in summer for the Antarctic regions. It is reported Sir J. Itevals, Lord Mayor of London, visits Western Australia shortly. The beef importers' combination has collapsed, through the discovery that a Sydney importer was selling below the minimum. Princess Adolphus of Teck has given birth to a son. The Christian Knowledges Society has voted £'1000 for the endowment of a bishopric in the Northern Territory in South Australia and New Guinea. Professor Kay Lankester, who was charged with disorderly conduct in Piccadilly, was nominally bound over in a sum of .£lO to keep the peace. Sir Geo. Lewis defended him, and had a heated argument with the magistrate Mr R. M. Newton, each flatly denying the other. Lewis ultimately withdrew from the case. Witnesses for the defence testified absolutely to the sobriety of the Professor. The masters are refusing an increase of the wages of shipbuilders' engineers. Those in Belfast have struck, and it is believed the engineers in Tyne and Glasgow will follow. Obituary — Sir Charles Day, who was one of the Judges on the Royal Commission in the Parnell enquiry. Shanghai, October 11. The anti reformers have killed the Queen of Corea. Rome. October 10. The Pope, in a letter to Cardinal Rampolla, said tlie celebration intended by the Government virtually ignored his own old age, and showed an intention of perpetuating the disastrous conflict between Church and State, and repaganising Rome. Madrid, October 10. Spain is raising a three million loan for the prosecution of the war in Cuba. It is reported here that the United States Government has warned the Spanish Government to crush the Cuban revolt promptly. Paris, October 12, It is believed that Prince Lobanoff of Russia, who recently visited Paris aa a guest ot the President, deterred France from annexing Madagascar.