Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Friday 10 August 1900, page 4


The Brisbane Courier

FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 1900.

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In the Legislative Assembly yesterday,

The Pastoral Leases Act of 1869 Amend-ment Bill was read a third time mid passed.

Leave was given to introduce a bill to remedy the loss of insurance policies.

The second reading of the Workmen's Compensation Bill was moved by Mr. Fisher, and after discussion the debate was adjourned.

The Port Norman, (Normanton, and Clon-curry Railway Bill was read a first time.

The bill empowering the Mount Garnet Freehold Copper and Silver Mining Com-pany to construct a tramway was read a first time, as was also the Glassford Cieek Tramway Bill.

A bill to amend the Sugar Works Guaran-tee Act was read a first time

The debato on the second reading of the Callide Railway Bill was resumed, and

again adjourned.

The House rose at 11.40 p.m.

Fine weather will prevail throughout the colony, with areas of cloud in places, and scattered rain and isolated thunderstorms, especially over the Peninsula.

Another case of plague was reported in Brisbane yesterday, the patient, a resident of Menzies-street, Petrie-terrace, having died before the nature of his malady was

discovered.

The number of persons who paid for ad mission at the Exhibition yesterday was

over 13,000, and the takings amounted to

'£670 12s. 3d.

The wood-chopping contest held during the day was finally won by E. Terry, of the Clarence River. New South Wales.

The Handicap Trotting Match in the afternoon was a one-sided affair, Mr. T. C. Scadden's horse, Lord Beldon, coming in an

easy winner.

It is proposed to bulld a tramline from Logan to Canungra, and a deputation on the subject waited on the Premier yester-

day.

The boundaries of the districts under the Factories and Shops Act have been ex-

tended.

Evidence was taken yesterday toy the Pub-lic Works Commission and the Public Ser-vice Board Inquiry on matters connected with the department.

Tihe Railway Commission took evidence yesterday on the subject of the rival routes for the proposed border railway.

There was little speculation at the sale of the late James Tyson's properties held by Moreheads Limited yesterday.

The billiard match between John Roberts (champion) and F. Weiss was concluded last night at the Carlton Club, Roberts win-ning by 493 points.

A man named Jamef Kirby, aged 26, fell into a vat at the Boag's brewery (Tasmania), and was literally boiled to death.

A railway accident occurred yesterday on a disused line between Collingwood and Kew (Victoria), wherelby three men were killed and nearly a dozen more injured.

A man named Thomas Bremner was killed in a street affray in Sydney on Wednesday night.

The steamer Surrey has left Bowen with over 1200 tons of frozen beef.

A further case of plague has been re-ported at Townsville.

After an interval of over three weeks, another case of plague was discovered in Sydney yesterday.

Lord Hopetoun, who has been appointed first Governor-General of Australia, is to be banqueted in London on the 3rd October, prior to his departure.

The Colonial Stocks Bill has been passed by the British Parliament.

The British Parliament was prorogued on Wednesday, and among the matters referred to in the prorogation speech it was stated that her Majesty had sincere pleasure in giving assent to the Australian Common-wealth Bill, which would add to the strength and resources of the Empire.

In view of the recent Anarchist outrages special precautions were taken to insure the safety of the Prince of Wales during his recent visit to Coburg to attend the funeral of the late Duke of Saxe-Coburg.

The portion of the British supplementary war loan allotted to American tenderers was covered twice over

Ample rains have fallen over a consider-able portion of the famine-stricken pro-vinces in India, and the situation, has, in consequence, decidedly improved.

The latest reports from the Peking Lega-tions show that the situation there was still regarded as desperate.

Sir Claude MacDonald states that the re-fugees in the British Legation include 200 women and children, and intermittent rifle-firing had been continued by the Boxers and Chinese, troops since the cannonade ceased on the 16tb July, but the casualties were slight.

Pei-tsang, about ten miles north-west of Tientsin, has been captured by the Japanese troops, who were assisted by the British

and Americans.

It is admitted officially that 124 European missionaries, including women and child-ren, have been massacred In Northern

China.

There are now 250 Europeans and Ameri-cans in great peril In the province of

Sze-chuen

General Count Waldersee, late chief of the General Staff of the German army, has been appointed Generalissimo of the allied

forces in China.

Two men of the Canadian Mounted In-fantry serving in South Africa have been sentenced to ten years' imprisonment for .commandeering arms from the Boers by means of forged orders and afterwards sell-ing these arms to other Boers.

The Boer agents at Delagoa Bay are in a state of panic in consequence of the dis-missal of the Portuguese Customs officials at that place.

A constabulary force of 5000 mon is being formed in the Transvaal and many men from the colonial contingents are joining.

Ex-President Steyn, of the Orange Free State, is reported to be seriously ill.

The Boers captured and shot two of General Carrlngton's scouts, as they were found to he Transvaal burghers.

General Buller has captured Amearsfoort, to the north of Natal, where there was a large Boer commando, but thier opposition is said to have been only half-hearted

Lord Roberts fears that the garrison at Eland's River, under Colonel IkOre has been captured by the Boers after ten days

resistance.