GENERAL NEWS.

Hastings Standard, Issue 209, 31 December 1896, Page 3

GENERAL NEWS.

EUROPEAN AND FOREIGN. (P> > I'/. -• I-o .lx'N. Dec 2i>. A botr half a mile wide and :ft) fct deep is tiouting toward? the Lakes of Killuik'}'. Bridges a it'l r>Kids have been destroyed. and th< river FJesk. which flow ? into the lake, h blocked |>y the bos- The transport of farm produce and cattle is interfered with. The electric liyht works axe stopped, and Killanuy is in a slate of semidarkness. It is now explained that Mr Cecil in his recent speech, when he spoke of an unsympathetic Power. referred to Germany, not Great Briuiii. At a meeting of the National League in Dublin it was resolved that agitation be carried on cea-» k--ly, and confidence was expressed that the exactions would be restored. The people of Longford refitted to convene a county meeting. Tbe first importation of -Jamaica oranges into London lias proved successful. Cam .ttt.y, Dec. HO. The Indian C entires* urged the adoption of trial by jury; also the separation of tbe judicial and executive functions. It also congratulated tbe Queen on attaining the ,-ixtieth year of her reign. Dec. :tO. Tbe National Zeitung recently published the text of a treaty between Russia and China. A condition of the wider agreement ultimately aligns Port Arthur to Russia. Tbe whole of tbe Prussian 4 per cent consols have been converted into 31 per cent stock. C.vfe Towx, Dec. 30. Tbe Dutch newspapers here urge every Africander to condemn tbe ovations which were extended to Mr Cecil Rhodes. M ai -kid, Dec. HOTbe Manilla Court has sentenced Dr. Rizal to death for fomenting the rebellion.