TELEGRAPHIC.

Kaikoura Star, Volume XIV, Issue 800, 18 December 1894, Page 5

TELEGRAPHIC.

Safurdtiy.

LONDON, Dec 14 Remains of late Sir J. S, D. Thompson, Premier of Canada, in being conveyed from Windsor Castle to railway station en route to Canada, were accorded semi-State funeral.

Queen sent a splendid laurel wreath, to which was attached autograph card expresssing her sorrow at death of esteemed statesman.

Deceased willjbe buried at Halifax, and will be given State funeral.

Times says there is no one in the Canadian Legislature able to’command the same amount of confidence as the deceased.

OTTAWA, Dec 14 National subscription being raised for family of Sir John Thompson. BERLIN, Dec 13

Herr Liebknicht, leader of Social Democrats, made a violent attack on the Kaiser in the Reichstag. He boldly inveighed against bis policy, anti condemned him for hypocrisy. The speech caused another scene. The Reichstag refused application to prosecute Socialists for refusing to cheer the Kaiser. SHANGHAI, Dec 13 The Japanese wholhave landed between Taku and Shanghaikwan are believed to be advancing upon Pekin. BLUFF, Dec 14 Tug Arawa left here at 10 o’clock last night to try to discover any further traces of wreckage on West Coast. AUCKLAND, Dec 14 Manuel de Pines, settler at Mongonui, was turning a waggon when it capsized into a creek, and the handle of the brake penetrated into bis heart, causing instant death. Prime Warden is favourite for the Cup at 3 to 1. NAPIER, Dec 14 Capt. Russell was banquetted at Hastings on Thursday night. Women’s Political Association at Gisborne resolved to petition Parliament to remove all disabilities preventing them entering House or holding any public office.