LATE FOREIGN NEWS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2202, 19 August 1886, Page 3

LATE FOREIGN NEWS.

The following items of news up to date Londou, July 2nd, are extracted from Home, files received yesterday :—

Durban, June 25. The report that the Boers of Rooi-Urond meant to attack Moshette for giving false evidence before the Commission has led to the strengthening of the outposts. The, Cape Upper Chamber has rejected the TraQsKemn Representation Bill. Matters are quiet in Zululand, but the Boers press for a settlement, and have sent another deputation to Sir A. Ha\elouk. It i* stated that Undabukohaa separated from Dinizulu, and is aspiring to the Kingship himself; It is also stated that he admits having been privy to the poisoning of Cetywayo.

Calcutta, June 27. It is a somewhat singular coincidence that Scindiah and Holkar, the two most prominent representatives of the powerful Mahratta nation, men of almost exactly the same age, and who ascended their respective thrones in the same year, should have passed away within a few days of each other. The Indian Government announced each event in a special black-bordered edition of the official Gazette, but the terms in which the two princes were commemorated show the different estimation in which they were held. Regarding Holkar, the Governor-General in Council merely says that the Indiaii Kmpire has lost in him one of the most capable and experienced of the native chief*. Seindiah receives warmer praise in these words: — "During the 43 years which have elapsed *incehi« Highnesh succeeded to the rule of the Gwalior State he has maintained a foremost place among the royal feudatories of the Crown. His Highness received only a few months ago a crowning proof of the trust reposed in him by Her Majesty** Government, and the Governor-General in Council grieves to think that he lived so short a time to enjoy , the fulfilment ot a long-cherished desire." The rumours lately current regarding the Atneer'n health aire stated to have been exaggerated, and it is asserted that he appears in public durbars twice weekly. It is to be hoped that the last rumours are the most correct, as his death would plunge the country into confusion. His eldest son has been betrothed to the da.ugh.tor of the Governer of Furrah.

Rangoon, June 28. The Rangoon Gazette again refers to the ruby mines, and, referring to the statement made in the Allahabad Pioneer that the Syndicate formed to work the mines will not contain any French element, reiterates its assertion that' the Syndicate will be mainly French, and said th*t M. de Freycinet recently procured a map of the ruby mines district. It also calls attention to the fact that the news of the Syndicate having received the concession was published in the Pari* Figaro before it was announced in any English newspaper, and prior to the publication of the official decision. The official report of Sir C. Bernard on his recent tour from Mandalay via Yemethen, to Touughoo, has been published in the Indian 'newspapers. He re ports favourably upoij the condition ofi the country through which he passed, which, he hays, is settling down. Sir C. Bernard's report was not communicated to the Rangoon newspapers, and \ta publication has caused much surprise here, as the report is at variance with all the information received by private persons from the districts through which he travelled. Sir C. Bernard's report seems also to be opposed to the views of the civil officers in charge ot the districts. Immediately after his tour application was made to the Commissioner of one district through which he had travelled by a trading firm, that the police might bp directed to afford "ouie protection to their foresters, as their elephants were being carried off in large numbers. The Commissioner replied that he was unable U> afford assistance, as at the time in that district the police were fully occupied in protecting themselves. All other accounts represent these districts as beiug greatly disturbed. The insurgents are compelling the peaceably-disposed inhabitants to join them, All Europeans, except the soldiers, have been compelled to take refuge in the towns.

Phii. vokdphi \, June 29. Th« first through train of the Canadian Pacific Railway left Montreal for Vancouver la^t night, its departure being ( witnessed by gome thousands of spectators. A battery of guns fired a salute. ; A Times telegram from Rangoon says J that a lamentable affair has occurred at , Berlin, between Moulmein and the Siamese ' frontier. A large Chino-Sinmese trading j eai-avan entered the town. The alarm was ( given that they were dacoits, and the in- , habitants fled. The Sepoy guard turned , out and attacked the caravan, killing several peaceable Chinese before the mistake was discovered. There were no Eurof»tf;in officers with the Sepoys. The insur- j ?cmt?> near Myingpan have killed Mr ( |Jraa« # an employe of the Bombay Burmah Company, and three followers.

Philadelphia, July 1. . The Pennsylvania Republican Convention, finding that it will be necessary to deal carefully with the liquor question in i order to retain the voters who are total ( abstainers in the party, has adopted a reso- l lution declaring that the Legislature should | •submit the question of a constitutional | prohibiting the manufacture • ■Ami »ale of intoxicating drink as a beverage to tlve popular vote. The Convention, beHtdes adopting the protection " plank," deni;uid* a, prohibition of the importation of foreign pauper labour, criminal and contr.vct labour, and the products of European criminal labour.