FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXX, Issue 2461, 19 April 1888, Page 2

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

(By Electhic Tklegraph.—Copvrfght.) Canoahar, April 16. An attempt to murder the Governor of Candahar proved unsuccessful, though he only managed to save his life by flight. Bucharest, April 17. An agrarian revolt which recently broke out is increasing, and several mayors and priests have been killed. The Roumanian territorial army ia fraternising with the rebels, and Bucharest is threatened. Hong Kong, April 16. The capital of Tonquiri has been devastated by a wind storm. Over 100 people were killed, and there are 1000 injured persons in the hospitals. .Capetown, April 16. Owing to the threatening attitude, of the Damara tribes in South Western Africa, a body of British troops has been despatched to Walvisch Bay for the protection of the Europeans residing there. London, April 16. The Rev. Price Hughes, the popular London preacher, is conducting a crusado against the licensing clauses of the Local Government Bill, which provide for the administration of the licensing laws by the local Councils, and compensation for licenses in cases where the number is reduced. He regards these as the deadliest proposals ever made, contending that they endow the liquor traffic with a vested interest that is accorded no other class of business. He contends that the local option clauses are a simple mockery, and that the idea of giving compensation for licenses, whose existence was a prime factor in making the country poor, was iniquitous. With regard to the proposal to surrender to the local authorities a portion of the fees received from licenses, he argued that it would simply give the ratepayers an interest to increase the number of licenses. The warship Caroline has arrived from Honolulu. She reports planting the British flag on Fanin, Christmas, and Penhryr. Islands, recently annexed by Great Britain. The King and Queen of Italy have accepted the invitation of Queen Victoria to visit Britain, provided political matters will permit them to leave Italy.