Gkeymoutii, to-day. i The roadmen landed here by the Hinemoa ( report that nn eruption occurred at Mount i Kaitoto after the earthquake on Monday l night. Steam and Bmoke have been issuing. since. Tim position is about seven miles '. from Martin's Bay. i

BRITISH & FOREIGN

Pros Association— Electric Telegraph — Copyright. LONDON, May 21. Mr Leyds has decided to abandon his pro posed visit to Berlin, in order to avoid a suspicion that the Transvaal is coquetting with Germany. In the House of Commons, Sir John Gorst's Bill giving nid to necessitous Board schools was read a third time, and passed. The Victorian rifle team has arrived in London. The team proceeded to Bisley, where the men will be allowed to practise at the ranges The officials are procuring Lee- Metford rifles for the team. The visitors will not accept any hospitalities until the National Rifle Association meeting at Bisley is over, although they will probably appear in the record reign procession. The officers will certainly be present. May 24.— Sir Faudel Phillips, the Lord Mayor of London, entertains the Colonial Premiers on July Ist. A dinner to the poor of London slums, towards which the Australian pustoralists have contributed meat, will be given on June 24th. A company has been formed with a capital of £1200,000 for the purpose of promoting trade and occupation of the islands of the Pacific Ocean. The directorate includes Lord Staumore (formerly Governor of Fiji and High Commissioner of the Western Pacific), Lord Arundel, Mr Darcy, and Mr Edwin Houlden. Lord Roberts has been appointed Chief Marshal in command of the forces in con nection with the Jubilee procession, and Colonel Ivor Herbert, of the Grenadier Guards, will occupy the position of Colonel of the colonial forces. Stod dart's team of cricketers leave for Australia in the Ormuz on Sept. 7. CAPETOWN, May 23. A general law affecting aliens is beiDg prepared in Capo Colony, Natal, the Orange Free State, and the Transvaal, the object being the exclusion of undesirable immi grants. May 24.— Parliament has voted £25,000 towards charities as a Jubilee memorial. MADRID, May 23. An excited debate took place in the Senate over the decision of the United States Senate, granting equal rights to Spain and Cuba, the discussion ending ia a brawl in the lobby. 