NEWS OF THE WORLD.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume V, Issue 620, 13 June 1891, Page 2

NEWS OF THE WORLD.

[Special to the Standard.] BRITISH AND FOREIGN. A company of soldiers drilling in Berlin were struck senseless by lightning. The Emperor has appointed Dr Koch a life member of the Upper Prussian House. The omnibus strikers are feeding the horses, and will eventually use this as a weapon against both the London General and London Road Car Companies if the strike is prolonged. The World states that it is probable that before autumn war will ensue between Great Britain and Portugal over the South African colonies ; also that the English troops at the Cape are being augmented, and others ordered to be in readiness. The Chilian President’s fleet has been ordered to attempt to attack Pisagua, but the fleet is being pursued by insurgent gunboats. The remains of Sir John Macdonald were removed to the Canadian Senate Chamber, where the body lay in state till Thursday. Surprise is expressed that the AgentsGeneral of the various Australian Colonies have not been included on the governing body of the Imperial Institute. The Rimutaka’s shipment of cheese was damaged by the heat during the voyage, and the consignees are suing the New Zealand Shipping Company. The Shipping Federation has ceased victualling the men, and have placed them on ordinary hourly pay. In the House of Commons to-day, Mr W. H. Smith declared that the statements published that large numbers of the Jews expelled from Russia are emigrating to England, are unfounded. Captain Verney, who was sentenced to imprisonment for an offence against a female, has given Miss Basket, the young lady who was enticed to Paris by the woman Emily Florent, the sum of Z4°°. A serious collision occurred on the Missouri Railway, and after the contact a fire broke out among the debris. Thirty passenger cars were destroyed, and three persons roasted to death. The wool sales opened at the level of last sales, except for coarse crossbred and medium and inferior greasy, for which the market was easier. The attendance of both Home and foreign buyers is fairly active. The total quantity available, including wool held over from the last series, is 415,000. Of this 60,000 bales have been forwarded to the manufacturing districts direct.