Telegraphic News

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume LI, Issue 2590, 19 July 1901, Page 2

Telegraphic News

(FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS.)

[By Telegraph]. Wellington, July 16. Agent-General cables ; " No alteration in cocksfoot seed market since last week." — J. EiTCHTB, Secretary of Agriculture. Perth, July 18. Parliament opens to-day. The speech from the throne announces that subject to the approval of Parliament, the Government agreed to the construction of ihe West Australian railway by the Commonwealth, and also to the transfer of the Northern Territory on fair terms. Bills promised provide for reductions in the number of members by a third, and to make the Council Franchise a household one. Sydney, July 18. The employment of Lascars on the Omrah does not necessarily mean that their employment will be generally followed throughout the fleet. The Omrah belongs to the Naval Reserve, and is compelled to carry a minimum number of British sailors. She was unable to get the requisite number to take the vessel to sea, and Scandinavians were engaged, but this being objected to, Lascars, who are British subjects, were therefore engaged. If the white British sailors are not more amenable to discipline, it is likely that Lascars will take their place aboard the ships. Melbourne, July 18. The Government Bill to amend the State Constitution necessary on the establishment of the Commonwealth, has been circulated. The billiiird match, Roberts v. "Memmott of 7000 up, the latter receiving 2500, was won easily by JMemmott. Roberts scored 5246. The report of the Conference of Commandants was laid on the table of the Foderal House. It suggests a scale of daily pay ranging from £5 10s for Lieutenaut-General down to 2s 3d for plain " Tommy Atkins." Fremantle, July 18. Dr. Hansen, who represents the English Presbyterian Church and Dr. Whitelaw, the representative of the United Free Church of Scotland, have arrived on their way to take part in the Sydney Federal Ceremonies. London, July 17. The New York correspondent of " The Times" states that 19,000 skilled workmen and 40,000 unskilled workmen have struck. The public Press does not sympathise with the strikers, considering they are bent on controlling the entire body of labourers employed by the steel companies. The route of the procession on the day of the coronation of the King will be ten miles long. The colonies will be well represented in the display. The clearing up of the Eastern Transvaal proceeds steadily. Two thousand refugees are encamped eastwards of Pretoria. There are indicntious that there is a substratum of truth in the " Daily Mail" statement as to Lord Kitchener's intentions, inasmuch as Lord Kitchener has been sparing Cavalry in favour of Yeomanry and Colonial Rough Riders, the latter being so well suited to finishing the campaign and for police duty. Win. Gunn, playing for Notts against Derbyshire, scored 273. Miss Ida Yeoland, who was Miss Evelyn Millard's understudy in " The Adventure of Lady Ursula," and Miss Edith Yeoland, a member of the company playing " Sweet Nell of Old Drury," committed suicide by taking poison owing to disappointments in reference to an American engagement. Trooper G. R, Miller, of the New Zealand local forces, has been appointed a second Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery. Capetown, July 17. Sir Gordon Sprigg, Premier of Cape Colony, addressing a Vigilance Committee, said the situation in the Cape was brighter than at any time during the war. Communications were passing between Lord Kitchener and the Cape Ministry, the result of which he hoped would be the end of the warfare. It had been impossible to summon the Cape burgher forces, as the Dutch were untrustworthy and often rebels at heart. St. Petersburg, July 17. Count Leo IV.stoi is suffering from fever, and is in a critical condition.