HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 145, 18 December 1895, Page 2

HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

BAILWAY FROM BAGDAD TO TEHERAN. A NAVAL OFFICER IN DISGRACE. DALY, THE DYNAMITER REJECTED FOR OFFICE. OUTRAGE AT A CONVENT. FIVE MONKS KILLED. THE IMPERIAL INSTITUTE. THE AMEER MASSING THREE ARMIES. (Per Press Association.) Berlin, Dec. 17. A German firm has obtained a concession, giving them the right to bnild a railroad from Bagdad to Teheran. A Franciscan convent at Mar ish, Asia Mino, has been pillaged and destroyed, and it is reported five monks were murdered. London, Dec. 17. Commander Bnllmore, who had been convicted of stranding a torpedo destroyer while drunk, was sentenced to forfeit five years' seniority. The Viceroy of Ireland refused to confirm the election of Daly, the dynamiter, as High Sheriff of Limerick, and he appointed a Parnellite in his place. At tl>e annual meeting of the Imperial lustitute, the Prince of Wales praised its utility. Lord Herschel hoped that the Colonial collection would soon completely represent the natural resources of the dependencies of the Empire. He claimed that the Institute had been mainly instrumental in promoting the use of Australian hard wood for street paving. The Queen pays a visit to Nice in March. Calcutta Dec 17. The Ameer is massing three armies to conquer Kaffinstan. England does not object. Washington, December 17. The order for the Meet to rendezvous at Venezuela has been rescinded.