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Kaikoura Star, Volume XIV, Issue 735, 4 May 1894, Page 6

At a dinner given at Nice, on March 31st (according to a special published in the London Standard), by Baron Rothschild, Mr James Gordon Bennett, of the New York Herald, announced that he would give three prizes to be competed for in next year’s yachting regatta. Each prize will be worth £lOO. Baron de Rothschild then promised that he would give three prizes of £3OO each for the same events.

The London Globe reports that a startling meeting took place between Sir William Vernon Harcourt and Lord Rosebery, on March 14tb. Il says that if the distinguished statesmen did not quarrel, they at least told each other some hard facfs. It is stated that Labouchere’s amendment episode in the House of Commons on the proceeding evening was intended to be a demonstration against Lord Rosebery, and the latter is said to be fully aware of the fact. The new McCarthyites Committee, controlling that section of the Irish party in the Commons, consists of Justin McCarthy, Edward Blake, Michael Davitt, John Dillon, Timothy Healy, William O’Brien, T. O'Connor, Thomas Sexton and T. D. Sullivan. Mr Abraham was selected to replace Mr Arthur O’Connor as Secretary. Truth ‘ Brief ’ joke—Samoa is 1500 miles from New Zealand. Seddon not satisfied with the power he already possesses in New Zealand, wants some more (Samoa). Edison has completed a new style of phonograph which will be cheaper than the ones now in use. The cylinders are capable of receiving double the number of word lines, and the machine will give forth an increased volume of | sound.