HOME AND FOREIGN.

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 10263, 4 February 1899, Page 8

HOME AND FOREIGN.

United Press Association—By Electrio Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, February 2. MR CECIL RHODES. Mr Cecil Rhodes has left England for Egypt. INSPECTORSHIP OF WARLIKE STORES. The Colonial Ofliee has intimated that upon the expiration of Colonel Cordon's term of otlke as Inspector of Warlike Stores for Australasia, War Office secrets and privileges will only be accorded to an officer engaged in active, service, who must be a member of the Ordnance Committee. NAVAL APPOINTMENTS. The Admiralty have appointed Captain A. M. Faripilur to succeed Captain Pollard us captain of 11.M.5. Wallaroo. THE PLAGUE IN INDIA. CALCUTTA, February 2. The pluguc has broken out at the Kolar goldtields,- and a stampede is feared. A FRIENDLY VISIT. PARIS, February 2. .--The French press attaches importance to the friendly visit of two German war ships to OraUt in Algeria. This is the first time Qertjian<*warshipß have visited Oran since f * THE DREYFUS CASE. General Beaureoaire stumps the country in support of his petition that the Dreyfus enquiry be recommenced in the criminal iection, the Court of Cassation not participating. A CHINESE MINING CONCESSION. PEKIN, February 2. the papers in connection with the mining concession granted to Mr Pritchard Morgan in th* province of Szu-chuan hare been ■ign«d. ENGLAND AND RUSSIA IN AFGHANISTAN. ST. PETERSBURG, February 2. Thi» "Noroe Vremya" proposes that Great Britain and Russia should be represented at Cftbul, with the object of subduing Afghan •occl-tireneu and developing trade. AID TO STARVING PEASANTS. February 3. The Cfcar hat given a million roubles to aid famishing peasants. MURDER AT JOHANNESBURG. PRETORIA, February 3r A man named Elliott, employed by the Consolidated Gold-elds Company, at JohanMtburg, has been murdered. The crime is believed to be tne work of an underhand gold-buying gang, from motives of revenge.