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Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 197, 20 August 1900, Page 1

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De Wet escaped. Kitchener's force eluded. Pekin bombarded by the Allies. Boers outmarched their pursuers. S.s. Zealandia for Sydney this afternoon. ""■■"'. French marines have been landed at Shanghai. Kitchener has relieved the Elands River garrison. ■ -, Mr Jackson Palmer, M.H.K., is in town on a visit. Suez mail from Sydney by the Elingamite to-day. One thousand Russians have arrived on the Carean frontier. The Pekin Legations were relieved on the evening of the loth inst. More JS Tew Zealand invalided trooty-. ers are on their way back here from the Cape. The evidence at the court-martial on the Pretoria conspirators reveals a deep-laid plot. There are forty-eight sawmills working in Southland; output for the year, .40,000,000 feet. Auckland Liberal Association will meet at S o'clock to-night to nominate officers and council. The Royal Oak Company, ■ Coromandel, crushed 4401bs of picked stone for bullion valued at £437 10/4. ' " The Misses Thome and "Deli, serio-. comics, make their first appearance at the Agricultural Hall to-night. A farm about two miles from El*"' tham (Taranaki) changed hands the '■'* other day for £20 per acre, and one of 250 acres, close to Stratford, soldfor £30 per acre. It is stated that the Uoveimor has not 3>- e t decided upon any residence in the South, Island, and that he has not, as reported; leased for the summer a property near Timaru. ' ' It has been stated in the Queensland , Legislative Assembly that the cost of the Queensland contingents to the end of June was £147,532, and the monthly, cost now was about £6000. A Greytown Maori describing the Lyddite shell and its" effects to ;'& brother Maori said: "By cripes! he tli6 boy to kill the Poa., When he burst as soon as you hear the smell you'dead." . The advanced guard of illimitable ? shoals of whitebait to come later on'i& now making its way up the. river (says' I'the "Grey River Argus").;'; The fish are small, and the shoals so thin "as; to scarce repay the trouble of netting. "' The Queensland authorities have decided to order from England a De Dion motor tricycle to • experiment in .'•-.; connection with the carrying of mail& in drought-stricken portions •of .that- f colony and for the delivery of letters ' in sparsely-populated localities. : During the month of July 87. birth:: ,and 39; deaths occurred in Auckland city ilnd adjoining boroughs, the; deatli V' rate being 0.74-per thousand of ■popula-. tion. In Wellington there were.-89 births and 35 deaths,' in Christchurcli city 26 births and 10, deaths, Dune Sin 43 births ; ; and ,34 ■ death s,, and. at \. th.di: ; .Thames 13\"births.and five deaths.". .' ; The Premier lelt Wellington on, Sat« . urdiay ,for Christchurch for. b few days' rest and change! of a,irj . The ; Hon. Mr .Cadman accompanied " liis .chief. Their intention is to visit the . Hon. J no. JNlcKenzie. A..'message received from Mr McKenzie stated that, he had,been in a very low state for a few days, but was feeling, better on Saturday. - . The, Gazette contains a copy of a memorandum from the Foreign .'Office, respecting the appointment of British commercial agents in Russia, Switzer-^ land, the ' United States, and Central America, for an experimental period of two years, and the fees to be chai'g- , ed by Her Majesty's diploma lie missions for services rendered by the commercial agents in making1' inquiries for .private;firms. ; ,••, ~■ /~: ~ :■. ..,..:>;,^./-..|. •.,..