GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5027, 16 May 1895, Page 2

GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.

Seeded May 16,10.80 a.m. London, May 15. At tho Newmarket Second Spring Meeting to-day, the Newmarket Stakes resulted as follows :~The Owe 1, Solaro 2, Sir Visto 3. It is stated that the capital of the iTokatea Gold Mining Company, of Hanraki lias boen subscribed.

Mr Ward will confer with Earl Spencer, First Lord of the Admiralty respecting a naval station in New Zealand.

A deputation from tho Chamber of Commerce which proposed to wait on tho Premier, Chancellor and Postmastor-G-eneral, on Friday, in support of the resolution carried at the Canadian Conference, urging a subsidy for tho Pacific steamers and cable, has beou postponed for a week,

Mr John Rogers has succeeded in Ins suit for divorco from his wife, Minnie Palmer, on the grounds of lululteij with Jural, manager of the "My Sweetheart Company." The election for tho vaeauoy hi West Dorset, caused by tho death of Mr H. R. Farqubarsou (Conseryative)tookplace to-day and resulted iu return of Mr Williams (Conservative), who defeated Mr Homer, the Liberal representatively 1,200 votes. CoNS'UXTixoi'Lii, May 15, Groat Rritian, Russia and fence, intend to establish consulates in Armenia, and their representatives will supervise the carrying out of the necessary reforms, it is also intended to establish communes for controlling the laws and tho collection of taxoslocally,andnonoof these matters are to bu referred to Constantinople.

Paris, May 15. M. Grodefc, Governor of frcnch Soudan, lias been recalled, owing to his permitting the natives to regain the light bank of the river Niger. Cauxi ta, May 10. The Ohitral tribesmen nightly harass General Low's expedition, and have cut the wires in the Swat Valley.