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  2. Affairs in China.

    Dr. Morrison, the Pekin correspondent of the "Times," reports that the Foreign Ministers have signed the draft of the 'final protocol which is to be the basis ...

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  3. Duke and Duchess.

    The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York, who are now visiting Pietermaritzburg, the capital of Natal, formally opened the new town hall at that place yesterday. ...

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  4. British and Foreign. [BY CABLE.] Britain and France.

    It is announced that a satisfactory interchange of views relative to Morocco has taken place between the Governments of Great Britain and France. ...

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  5. Count Waldersee Decorated.

    The Czar of Russia has conferred upon Field-marshal Count Von Waldersee, who was Commander-in-chief of the allied forces in China, the decoration of the Order of St. ...

    Article : 52 words
  6. Methodist Million Guinea Fund.

    It is announced that the total promises and payments to the Methodist million guinea fund amount to £930,000. Of this sum £600,000 has been paid in cash. ...

    Article : 34 words
  7. Macedonian Murders.

    News from Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, states that M. Sarapoff and the other members of the Bulgarian Macedonia Committee who were arrested in April last, and charged ...

    Article : 48 words
  8. Sultan's Palace Fire.

    News comes from Constantinople that an inquiry into the fire which recently broke out in the Sultan's palace at Yildiz Kiosk has [?]esulted in 704 of the palace officials and ...

    Article : 44 words
  9. Great Mortality of Infants.

    In consequence of the great infant mortality in Liverpool (England), the municipal anthorities of the city are sterilising and humanising 12,000 bottles of milk daily for ...

    Article : 39 words
  10. American Motor Plough.

    Mr. Gatling, the American inventor, whose came is associated with the Gatling gun, has [?]nvented a motor plough, which he claims will enable one man to plough 30 acres of land ...

    Article : 57 words
  11. South African Campaigners.

    The officers who have, been engaged in the campaign in South Africa, among them being a number of colonial officers, have established an Imperial Service Club in London. ...

    Article : 34 words
  12. Wireless Telegraphy.

    The Cunard liner Lucania. has succeeded in sending wireless telegraph messages through the Nantucket lightship to New York, a distance of 287 miles. ...

    Article : 31 words
  13. Governor of Victoria.

    It new is announced officially that Colonel Sir George Sydenham Clarke, K.C.M.G., has been appointed State Governor of Victoria. ...

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  14. Butter Firm Fined £70.

    A firm at Folkestone, in Kent, England, has been fined £20 and costs for selling butter containing an excessive quantity of water. The same firm was also charged with ...

    Article : 60 words
  15. Berlin Bank Suspended.

    The "Dally Chronicle" reports that Max Opitz and Co., bankers, of Berlin, have suspended payment, with liabilities amounting to £250,000, and Herr Opitz, the principal ...

    Article : 46 words
  16. Gift of a Portrait.

    It is announced that Hr. G. F. Watts, R.A., has offered Mr. H. A. Grainger, who has succeeded Sir John Cockburn as Agent-General, to present to South Australia his ...

    Article : 47 words
  17. Christening of Warships.

    The Admiralty have decided that for the future Australian wine shall be used, exclusively for the christening ceremony in connection with the launching of new warships ...

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  18. Grain in Manitoba.

    It is officially announced that the yield of wheat in the province of Manitoba, Canada, amounts to 49,000,000 bushels, of cuts, 30,000,000 bushels; and of barley, 6,500,000 ...

    Article : 36 words
  19. French Associations.

    The Human Catholic bishops of Belgium have decided to admit the emigrating French religious orders, but only if they agree to make no money collections and to open neither ...

    Article : 40 words
  20. Rhodes's Contribution.

    The Right Hon. Cecil Rhodes, having notified the denial by Sir Honry CampbellBannerman of the truth of the report of is having contributed £5,000 to the Liberal ...

    Article : 45 words
  21. Royal Titles Bill.

    In the House of Commons last night, the King's Titles Bill passed through committee, and was reported without amendment. The amendment, moved by an Irish ...

    Article : 58 words
  22. French Census.

    The French census now has been completed. The population of the country is 38,641,333, exhibiting an increase of but 412,364 during the last five years. ...

    Article : 52 words
  23. King's Coronation.

    Queen Alexandra of England has expressed a hope that the ladies attending the King's coronation in June next will, as far as possible, wear dresses of British material and ...

    Article : 41 words
  24. Absconding Director.

    Terlinden, the director of the firm of Gerhard and Terlinden, proprietors of metal works at Oberhausen in Rhenish Prussia, who absconded about a month ago, ...

    Article : 63 words
  25. British at Shanghai.

    The reduction of the British garrison in Shanghai, the great treaty port near the Yangtse-Kiang estuary, and especially the withdrawal of the cavalry, leaving a German ...

    Article : 47 words
  26. Trouble in Malta.

    The statue of Queen Victoria at Valetta, the capital of Malta, has been found to have been damaged by a corrosive acid. This act is attributed to the disaffection among the ...

    Article : 59 words
  27. King and Queen at Homburg

    King Edward, it is announced, will remain for three weeks at Homburg, in Hesse Nassaic, celebrated for its mineral springs. Queen Alexandra will this week leave ...

    Article : 54 words
  28. Meeting of Rulers.

    It is announced that the Czar of Russia, the Emperor William of Germany, and the King of England will meet at Friedensborg, in Denmark, about 30 miles north of ...

    Article : 41 words
  29. Charge by General Andre.

    A telegram from Paris states that, in answer to a question in the French Chamber of Deputies, General Andre (Minister of War) stated that one of the pretenders to the ...

    Article : 60 words
  30. Beet Sugar Production.

    Herr F. O. Licht, of Magdeburg, in his monthly circular on the beet sugar production of Europe, reports an increase of 370,000 tons as compared with the same month last year. ...

    Article : 46 words
  31. Customs Frauds.

    The New York correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" reports that a sensational discovery has revealed the fact that the United States customs have been defrauded ...

    Article : 73 words
  32. French Warship Failure.

    News comes from Paris that M. Pelietan, the Reporter of the Budget Committee of the French Chamber of Deputies, has declared that the new first-class armoured cruisers ...

    Article : 65 words
  33. Venezuela and Colombia.

    The British warship Icarus, of 8,970 tons, has been despatched to Panama, in Central America, in connection with the trouble between Venezuela and Colombia. ...

    Article : 83 words
  34. Russian Marriage.

    The pro-Boers in Brussels the capital of Belgium, and in Holland, arc delighted at the announcement that tho Czar of Russia had invited a representative of the Transvaal ...

    Article : 63 words
  35. Great Copper Trust.

    The "Daily Mail" this morning reports that the Calumet and Heela Company, and the Amalgamated Copper Companies in America, in conjunction with the Bothschilds' ...

    Article : 68 words
  36. Austria and Albania.

    The Government of Austria-Hungary have semi-officially announced that, so far from having any designs on the acquisition of Albania, in European Turkey, they would ...

    Article : 74 words
  37. Loss of H.M.S. Viper.

    In connection with the loss of the torpedoboat destroyer Viper, which snuk after striking on a rock off the coast of Alderney during the recent British naval manoeuvres, a ...

    Article : 103 words
  38. Signor Crispi's Funeral.

    The late Signor Crispi, whose death was announced a few days ago, has been accorded national funeral, which was of a splendid character, and evoked memories of the ...

    Article : 114 words
  39. Czar's Visit to France.

    It is semi-officiaily announced in Paris that the Czar Nicholas will be present at the forthcoming review of the French, northern squadron. After the naval review, the Czar ...

    Article : 51 words
  40. Canadian Census.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 64 words
  41. British Mediterranean Fleet.

    The strength of the British fleet in the Mediterranean, which has been the subject of much hostile comment, and also of some discussion in Parliament, has evidently been ...

    Article : 69 words
  42. Great Hurricane.

    News is to hand that a disastrous hurricane has prevailed in the States of America adjacent to the Golf of Mexico. Great destruction has been caused. Two towns have ...

    Article : 53 words
  43. Irish Agitators.

    Messrs Michael Davitt and O'Donovan Rossa (the notorious Fenian agitator) addressed a meeting of 4,000 persons at Chicago. O'Donovan Bossa advocated setting fire to ...

    Article : 138 words
  44. Steamer Struck an Iceberg.

    News is to hand that the Yukon liner Islander struck an iceberg near Juineau, off the coast of Alaska, within a mile from the shore, in perfectly calm weather, and sank ...

    Article : 192 words
  45. Assistance to Nationalists.

    The displeasure evinced by the Irish Nationalists at the comparison between the Nationalist party and Tammany Hall, in New York, which was recently made by the ...

    Article : 95 words
  46. Antarctic Expedition.

    Seventy-five Esquimaux dogs for the British Antarctic expedition, which left Portsmouth on the 6th instant in the ship Discovery, have been despatched to ...

    Article : 150 words
  47. Changed Owners.

    Mr. J. R. Ellerman, chairman of Frederick Leyland and Co., Limited (owners of the Leyland Steamship Lino, which was recently purchased by Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan), has ...

    Article : 69 words
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