LATEST BRITISH AND FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

Kumara Times, Issue 2358, 19 March 1884, Page 2

LATEST BRITISH AND FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

[REUTER’S TELEGRAMS.] By Electric Telegraph —Copyright. THE ENGLISH BUDGET, AND THE CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. THE PRICE ON THE HEAD OF OSMAN DIGNAH. HOMEWARD SUEZ MAILS. WEST AUSTRALIAN LOAN OF £154,000. GERMAN MEN-OP-WAR IN THE SOUTH SEAS. (Received March 18, 2.30 p.m.) London, March 17. The Chancellor of the Exchequer will make his Budget Statement on the 7th April. A bulletin has been issued stating that the Hon. Mr Gladstone is suffering from laryngeal catarrh, and must have complete rest. It is announced that the British Government has expressed its disapproval of the action of General Graham in placing a price on the head of Osman Dignah. (Received March 19, 0.55 a.m.) March 18. The Homeward mails per steamship Orient, via Suez and Brindisi, from Melbourne February 8, were delivered here yesterday. Tenders are invited by the West Australian Government for a loan of £154,000, bearing interest at 4 per cent. The minimum is fixed at £96 10s. Tenders close on Monday next. In the House of Commons last night, Lord Edmond Fitzmaurice, Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs, stated,- in reply to a question, that Government did not intend to protest against the action of the German Government in stationing men-of-wa,r in the South Seas during the labour season. (Received March 19, 12.50 p.m.) The cargo of the steamship Aorangi, from New Zealand, consisting of about 12,000 carcases mutton, has arrived in good condition. The first portion was sold to-day at s|d a pound. > < [special to press association.] London, March 16. The Hon. Evelyn Ashley, Undersecretary for the Colonies, has stated that the Government will shortly appoint a High Commissioner for the Pacific, whose duties will be altogether distinct from the Governments of Fiji or New Zealand. Lord Hartington has implied that Major-General Graham may possibly advance as far as Berber. Mr Gladstone is confined to his house. The French captured 100 guns at Bacninh. Their loss was eight killed and thirty wounded. The pursuit of the Chinese is being continued. Seven hundred Anarchists have been expelled from Vienna. The Rev. Sydney Suitor will be consecrated to the See of Riverina, in Lincoln Cathedral, by the bishop of that diocese. Obituary—R. H. Horne, author of “ Orion.”