THE FISHERIES DISPUTE.

Te Aroha News, Volume VIII, Issue 491, 23 July 1890, Page 5

THE FISHERIES DISPUTE.

FRENCH BOAT FIRED ON. St. Johns, July 15. The Newfoundland gunboat Fiona fired on a French fishing boat for violating bait regulations. Another fishing vessel escaped. THE AUSTRALIAN INVENTOR’S TORPEDO. London, July 11. The “ Daily Chronicle ” says that the recent experiments prove that warships can easily avoid the Brennan-Murphy torpedo. THE POSTAL REDUCTIONS. London, July 11. The reduction of colonial postage to 2Ad awaits the arrangements being completed with India. REVOLT IN THE SOUDAN. Caii o, July 15. The principal Soudan tribes have revolted against the rule ot the Mahdi. NEWFOUNDLAND. London, July 14. It is believed that France will abandon her rights in Newfoundland for pecuniary and territorial compensation. THE CESSION OF HELIGOLAND. London, July 11. Lord Rosebery said in a recent speech that the cession of Heligoland would dishearten British subjects throughout the world. PARKE PRAISED. London, July 11. Editor Parke, of the “ North London Press,” who has just been released from sentence for libelling Lord Euston, has been eulogised at the annual meeting of the Cobden Club. COLLAPSE OF A WHARF. Halifax (Nova Scotia), July 12. By the collapse of a wharf at Dartmouth, on the eastern side of the harbour, 100 persons were immersed, many of whom were drowned. ENGLAND AND FRANCE. London, July 12. Lord Salisbury is negotiating with France for the recognition of the English protectorate of the Zanzibar coast. He will probably admit the French rights from Lake Tchad to Algeria. A BISHOP CENSURED. London, July 15. The Limerick guardians censure their Bi.-hop’for his attack from the pulpit on MrDiUon.