HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 174, 27 January 1896, Page 2

HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

the death of° prince henry of battenberg. fire on board ship. the italian troops in africa. austkal'asian mortgage and agency company. I INSCRIPTION OF SOUTH AUSTRA- ; LIAN STOCK. THE QUEEN'S HEALTH. COLLISION BETWEEN TORPEDO BOATS. (Per Press Association). London, January 25. China is willing to open West River to trade, provided she is allowed to retain the territory ceded to Burmah in 1H94. The Queen and Princess Beatrice are improving. Prince Henry, of Battenberg, will be burierl at Wbippingham, in accordance with his will. Charles Leonard, one of the Tranvaal leaders, escaped on board a ship from Capetown to England. The Agents-General have written to Mr Chamberlain expressing the heartfelt sympathy of the colonies with; the Queen on the death of Prince Henry of Battenberg. The Gulf of Venice caught fire in the Mersey and had to be flooded. A thousand tons of line goods were ruined. The Australasian Mortgage and Agency Company shows a profit for the year of i;i)9,S9B. It pays a dividend on the preference shares, the balance being carried forward. The Hon. P. Playford, the South Australian Agent-General, begins the inscription of that colony's stock on Feb. 10. Glynn. Mills and Co., who previously did the business, have surrendered their interests. Paris, January 26. Two torpedo boats collided at Toulon, and both were seriously damaged. Washington, January 25. The Senate has adopted the report of the Committee respecting the difficulty in Armenia. Rome, January 25. King Menelik has permitted the Italian troops to vacate Makaleh, the enemy assisting in the transport. Overtures for peace are pending.