NEWS OF THE WORLD.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 442, 17 April 1890, Page 2

NEWS OF THE WORLD.

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BRITISH AND FOREIGN;

It is expected that the Emin Caravan will be tbe forerunner of four or five others.

The Germans are buying immense warehouses at Zanzibar.

The strike at the works of Hornsby and Co., implement makers, has been compromised.

The report that Emperor William is forming an Imperial Ministry is denied. The Pandora, Australian cruiser, has been renamed the Katoomba, while the name of the Pelorus has been changed to Mildura, the Persian to Wallaroo, the Phoenix to Tauranga, Psyche to Ringarooma, Whiting to Boomerang, and Wizard to Karrakatta.

Mr M. Harris, Parnellite member for Galway East, in the House of Commons is dead.

The amount of Victorian loan is considered excessive, and it is feared that the loan will be barely covered at an average of 101, unless the market improves.

The executive of the Ulster Unionists have approved of the Land Purchase Bill introduced by the Government. The Duke of Cambridge, speaking at Guildhall, said it was untrue he was resigning his military position. It would be impossible for him to accept an inferior position if the office was modified. It is probable that Mr Goschen will defer his Bill providing for the investments of trust funds in Colonial stocks, but it will be decided finally after the Budget is brought down. The Australian colts have deteriorated somewhat in the betting, and especially Narellan. The Austrian Government will not meddle with the May eight hours' celebrations.

Stanley is coming to Paris. The Prince of Wales presides at his reception in London on the and.

Murdoch has written repudiating the insinuation that the gate money is the object of the Australian cricketers’ tour, and claims that it is real sport. It is asserted that a Greeco-Bulgarian alliance is being formed, and that Turkey approves of it. Mr Hean, who was sent from London to investigate the affairs of the Bank of New Zealand, replying to inquiries made by the London office early in April, states that the properties of the institution are being re-valued and so far the prospects are encouraging.