GENERAL NEWS.

Hastings Standard, Issue 174, 18 November 1896, Page 3

GENERAL NEWS.

-♦ EUROPEAN AND FOREIGN. Lonmix, NOV. 1(5. I>r LoyiK Foreign Secretary of the Trail -vaal. statt-s that the raid cost die I'k * v < i>vtraiin at tlO-UJOO. It is expected that the claim for indemnity will not exceed this amount. Nov. 17. The committee of the London County Council censures the Works Department for "cooking" account-, ami preventing the discovery of the actual costs of individual works. It recommends the ui-missal of a number of leading official^. A consignment of Australian frozen me.it ha- ken landed at Malta. The can -wt re weighed and labelled on landing but there was no delay to the steamer. Pakis, Nov. 10. An agitation is on foot in Paris to ncrease the licet to an extent sutlicient to ruin England's commerce in case of war. It is now found that the embezzlements from the Credit Lyonnaise amount to £IH,OOO, and fresh discoveries art: 1 eintr made daily. SIAKIJI. Nov. 10. Dervishes raided Tokar and killed live people. liKiti.rx, Nov. 10. The Havarian Government has largely modified the regulations guiding the practice of duelling in the army. Nkw Vor.K, Nov. 17. The Niagara Falls are being utilised as motor power for eke trielighting and street conveyance in Buffalo. Madf.ii>, Nov. 17. The Spanish loan has been over subscribed. St PKTKKSBI Kir, Nov. 17. The Government propose to expend «>ight million roubles on the navy during the next decade Rome, Nov. 17. The treaty with Abyssinia has been ratified. The Kaiser and the French President have congratulated the King of I'.aly.