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  2. UGANDA.

    In the House of Commons yesterday a resolution tabled by Mr. Labouchere, in favor of reducing the vote for the maintenance of the British garrison at Uganda, was rejected, ...

    Article : 121 words
  3. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE.

    Both Mr. Winter Irving and Mr. Lazarus are greatly impressed with the suitability of the premises in King William-street which it is proposed should be leased for the joint ...

    Article : 58 words
  4. THE FAR EAST.

    The Times in an article to-day congratulates the Government on the success of the negotiations for a Chinese 4½ per cent, loan of £16,000,000 by the Hongkong and Shanghai ...

    Article : 296 words
  5. Telegraphic News.

    The business of Messrs. Bart, Potter, and Hughes is to be floated into a limited liability Company, the capital being stated at £200,000. Of this amount £100,000 in preference shares ...

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  6. LARGE AMERICAN VOTE.

    The House of Representatives at Washington has referred to the Appropriations Committee a Bill entrusting Mr. MoKinley with a sum of 50,000,000 dollars in national ...

    Article : 56 words
  7. NEWS FROM HONGKONG.

    The Omi Maru, from Japan, arrived to-day with Hongkong files to February 19. These state that the Far East is still quiescent, but that a development is daily expected with the ...

    Article : 109 words
  8. COLD STORES AT SMITHFIELD.

    Mr. Geddes, of the New South Wales firm of Geddes, Birt, & Co., Limited, has formed a Smithfields Market Cold Storage Company with a capital of £50,000, of which shares to ...

    Article : 186 words
  9. THE INDIAN FRONTIER.

    Advices from the Indian frontier state that Captain Nathan, who is now at Lundikotal, has been commissioned to select sites for permanent forts which it is intended to erect in ...

    Article : 44 words
  10. AMERICAN ACTIVITY.

    The Secretary for the Navy in President McKinloy's Cabinet has ordered a committee of naval officials to visit England and France for the purpose of inspecting the vessels of ...

    Article : 46 words
  11. DEBATE IN THE LORDS.

    An interesting debate on the Indian frontier policy of the Government took place in the House of Lords yesterday. Lord Roberts defended the "forward ...

    Article : 178 words
  12. CHINA AND JAPAN.

    The Chinese Government have signed the assurance as requested by Japan that the war indemnity due to that nation shall be paid before the end of May. ...

    Article : 80 words
  13. NEWFOUNDLAND.

    Sir H. H. Murray, Governor of Newfound," land, has now assented to the contract recently made by the Government with Mr. Reid for the construction of railways on the ...

    Article : 98 words
  14. RUSSIAN ACTIVITY.

    The Chinese situation has undergone a startling development. Russia, indignant at the success of the loan negotiations, has presented what is virtually an ultimatum to ...

    Article : 256 words
  15. THE AMERICAN VOTE.

    The Appropriations Committee of the United States House of Representatives have unanimously approved of the Bill entrusting President McKinley with the Bum of 50,000,000 ...

    Article : 49 words
  16. CANADIAN SEALERS.

    The Russian Government have paid the Canadian Government 40,000 dollars as an indemnity for the recent seizure of Canadian sealing schooners in the Behring Sea. ...

    Article : 33 words
  17. JAPAN AND CHINA.

    The Japanese Government are fortifying Wei-hai-wei, the Chinese naval station situated in the north of the province of Shantung, which was taken by the Japanese after the ...

    Article : 41 words
  18. THE FRENCH IN AFRICA.

    Major Donchamp's French expedition to Fashoda has become utterly disorganised owing to the desertion of the Abyssinian auxiliaries. ...

    Article : 28 words
  19. SOUTH AFRICA.

    Sir Alfred Milner, High Commissioner for South Africa and Governor of Gape Colony, in a speech delivered recently at Cape Town deprecated the suspicions entertained and ...

    Article : 196 words
  20. FROZEN MEAT.

    The Frozen Meat Committee has met again, and resolved that a competent surveyor, mutually approved by the shipowners and freezing companies, should inspect meat before ...

    Article : 124 words
  21. AMERICAN DEFENCES.

    The United States Congress and the newspapers now generally regard the war vote obtained by President McKinley as one of precaution, and not of menace; and ...

    Article : 166 words
  22. ANOTHER INDIAN PLAGUE.

    A report from Godavari, in the Presidency of Madras, states that the people of the district are just now subject to the ravages of a terrible malady known as the "black blister," ...

    Article : 58 words
  23. GERMAN NEGOTIATIONS.

    The Berlin correspondent of the London Standard states that the German negotiations with the Chinese Government in respect to the railway concessions claimed in the district ...

    Article : 61 words
  24. THE NIGER.

    The latest news from Akassa, which is the place of transhipment from ocean to river steamers at the Nun entrance of the Niger, states that the military force at the command ...

    Article : 87 words
  25. AMERICAN FLYING SQUADRON.

    An American flying squadron is being hastily organised. ...

    Article : 14 words
  26. LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL.

    The fourth general election in connection with the London County Council has resulted in the return of 68 Progressives and 48 Moderates, the Progressive gain being 16 ...

    Article : 75 words
  27. EXCHANGES AGITATED.

    The disturbing news which has recently reached London from many quarters of the world has had a depressing influence on quotations on the Stock Exchange. ...

    Article : 364 words
  28. BRITISH LOSSES AT SIERRA. LEONE.

    Ambuscades by natives in the Hinterland of Sierra Leone are causing heavy losses to the British troops, and reinforcements have been sent. ...

    Article : 30 words
  29. THE BRITISH FLEET.

    The British fleet in Chinese waters has been augmented by the addition of the twin-screw cruiser Hermione. Major Sir Claude Maxwell MacDonald, ...

    Article : 343 words
  30. RUSSIA AND ENGLAND.

    The Continental newspapers are discussing the question of the infringement of existing treaties committed by Russia in Bending the warships of her regular navy to the Dardanelles ...

    Article : 78 words
  31. MAJOR McCALLUM'S MOVEMENTS.

    The latest intelligence from West Africa reports that Major H. E. McCallum is proceeding to Okuta, Otum, aud Borgu, with the object, as the Paris Temps believes, to ...

    Article : 94 words
  32. STORM IN PRUSSIA.

    A disastrous storm is reported to have occurred at Memel, a seaport town in Prussia, situated at the north end of Kurische-Half, where the Dange falls into the Baltic. ...

    Article : 65 words
  33. KLONDYKE GOLDFIELDS.

    The dispute between the United States and Canada respecting the claims of those countries to jurisdiction in the Yukon district has entered on a serious phase. ...

    Article : 56 words
  34. A GAME OF BLUFF.

    The Congress of the United States has passed a Bill under the conditions of which the concession of landing privileges in the American portion of the Stickeen River are ...

    Article : 105 words
  35. THE TRANSVAAL.

    Dr. W. J. Leyda, Secretary of State of the Transvaal, speaking in the Volksraad, defended the Foreign Consular grant of £17,500, stating that it was absolutely necessary to ...

    Article : 133 words
  36. A RUMOR DENIED.

    The authorities have given a denial to the report of the New York, World that, American troops have been ordered to lower the Canadian flag hoisted in the White Pass. ...

    Article : 45 words
  37. THE WAR INDEMNITY.

    The Japanese Minister at the Court of Pekin has demanded from the Chinese Government a signed assuranoe that the war demnity now due will bo paid not later than ...

    Article : 39 words
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