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  3. CABLE NEWS.

    Mr. Cecil Rhodes states that arrangements have been made to extend the railway which was lately opened as far as Bulawayo, in Rhodesia, to Victoria Falls, on the Zambesi. ...

    Article : 63 words
  4. SWIMMING.

    J. Hellings, the Sydney amateur swimmer, has decided to settle in London, and has joined the Ravensbourne Swimming Club. A race over 100 yards has been arranged to take place between J. ...

    Article : 51 words
  5. THE INDIAN FRONTIER.

    Further news from the north-western frontier of India states that the Afridis are adopting guerilla tactics, which prove very harassing to the British. They nearly captured a foraging party, killing two ...

    Article : 170 words
  6. LABOUR TROUBLES IN ENGLAND.

    Mr. E. G. Barnes, the secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers, declares that the engineers on strike will not surrender until the eight-hours principle has been won in London as ...

    Article : 124 words
  7. INCREASE IN THE FRENCH NAVY.

    The French estimates provide for the expenditure of 721,825,000 francs (£28,873,000) upon the building of new vessels for the navy, the amount to be spread over a period of nine years. The increased ...

    Article : 49 words
  8. DOMESTIC TRAGEDY IN PARIS.

    A shocking domestic tragedy has taken place in Paris. A French merchant named Dreyfus, together with his wife (an English lady) and three daughters, ...

    Article : 106 words
  9. HIGH-HANDED PROCEEDINGS OF THE FRENCH.

    The French have burned 12 towns in the hinterland of Lagos, West Africa, claiming British protection, and have occupied Daorti, a capital, despite the treaty with Great Britain. A collision with a ...

    Article : 69 words
  10. THE YUKON GOLDFIELDS.

    Mr. Ogilvie, the Canadian inspector of goldfields, has been lecturing at Victoria. British Columbia, on the results of his visit to the Yukon goldfields. He says that rich prospects have been obtained over an ...

    Article : 64 words
  11. WEST AFRICA.

    M. Hanotaux, the French Minister for Foreign Affairs, has been compelled, owing to pressure brought to bear by the French press advocating colonial interests, to urge Lord Salisbury to ...

    Article : 62 words
  12. THE SOUDAN EXPEDITION.

    Reports from the Soudan state that four gunboats of the Anglo-Egyptian Expedition shelled the newly-erected forts at Metemmeh, and then proceeded up the Nile as far as the Sixth Cataract, 70 ...

    Article : 46 words
  13. GREAT BRITAIN AND THE COLONIES.

    In the course of his recent speech at Glasgow, Mr. Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, said that when Great Britain some time ago, standing alone and friendless, was threatened ...

    Article : 64 words
  14. GOLDFIELD IN ALASKA.

    It is reported that a goldfield has been discovered on the Koyukuk River, Alaska, similar to the Klondyke goldfilds. At Mark Lane wheat is quoted 6d per quarter ...

    Article : 162 words
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