HOME AND FOREIGN NEWS. By Electric Telegraph — Copyright.) (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

North Otago Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8168, 27 April 1895, Page 2

HOME AND FOREIGN NEWS. By Electric Telegraph — Copyright.) (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

Received April 26, at 10 20 a.m. London, April 26. Carbine's nomination Hat ia filled for three years at a fee of two hundred guineas.

Paris, April 26. Many Frenoh p»p«r« /complain that that GoT«rnmenb 10 alienating .Japan, while othen Allege that- % sioret treaty hua been oomplttid between England »nd Japan.

Calcutta, April 28. The aieg« of Obitral began on Maroh j'h »nd >ndtd on April Jfltb. The g»rrU

non h*d to subsist on rery inferior food. The •nemy'i fccenohoti were oonttraoted up to within 40 yardi of the g^te of tho fort. Tho besiegers oct fire to the gun tower, and »lso endeirored to burn down the w&ttr tower, but in each ctso th* fUmeR were extingu shed beforo th» j y obtained a firm hold. Soveral BortiiS wero made, and in one the besieged recaptured the sutnmor hnuae and eipiodol the enemy's. The enemy lo<t 60 men, 34 boing b>iyonetted t while Dr Ribertnon h<d 21 men killed and 28 wounded. After this revpwp, Shero Afzul and Umn Khun rotir. d to Broz, lower down the vnlloy, and a number of their followo s fled. Ho»ry 10-« ea ooourred through the wonderful ihooting from the trenohoa around the fort whon the p*r*y w^s be•ieged wi h Amir ul Mulk. Dr Rohfrt■on arreated the litter for conspiracy with Umra Khan to atuck the British. 0 louel Kelly reached Ohritral on the 20th inst.

Received April 28, at 10.30 a.m. London, April 25. Tenders for the Queensland 3J per ceufc loan of a million and a quarter, for which th» minimum w« fixol at 98J{ were opancd tn-rlay. The amount tendered wab LC 533,000 »t an average nf L 10112*61, and tenderera »t that price word Allotted 28 per oenf. One Byndioato offered nearly four millions at that price. Tho L-indon and Austrjlasian Dc-bjn-tur« Corporation, Limitod, h»B resolved to roduco its capital to L 4 per share, with L 2 paid up.

Received April 26, at 7 30 p tn. Pakis, April 23. Muny of the 'buss drivers are remitting. London, April 25. The average pric« of the Queensland loan was 12s 6d above par, Sir E. Uroy, in reply to a question, said England had no engagement with Japan giviug her equal rights to trade with China, but China'! treaties with England gave ample security on that head, The Japanese Government has replied that it is unablo to accedo to the demands of the Powers on the ground that to do «o would expose tho country to tho danger of revolution, us the populaco is drunk with victory, aud would refuse to oonsent to any abatement of tho terms. Russia, however, adheres to her demands. The Hon. Mr Ward, addressing the London Chamber of Commerce, denied that the laud tax had been collected early because tho Government was hard up. It was merely in order to avoid the needless issue of Treasury Bills ! Moreover, the colony at that time possessed three millions worth of unpledged securities in London, two* thirds of which he hitnsolf forvyardod at the time of the crisis in Australia in order to guard against an emergency. Referring to their action re the Bank of New Zealand th« Treasuror oaid the Government was prepared to lose the two millions rather than risk a crisis in tho colony. He denied that the Advances to Settlera Act was a political dodge. He ur<ed upon the Chamber the claims of the Pacific mail and cablo services. Sir G. Grey oonfirmed Mr Ward's remarks, saying that those who had invested in New Zealand had dono wisely, and received handsome returns.