GENERAL NEWS.
(Per Press Association. —Cop>jri<jht.)
London, Nov. 12
The Glasgow portion of the meat forwarded in connection w T ith the Queen's jubilee by the Australian pastoralists for distribution among the poor of the United Kingdom was not apportioned at the time. It comprises 400 sheep and 600 quarters beef, and will be distributed on Saturday amongst 5000 families. The Times, commenting on the sitting of the Anglo-French West Africa Delimitation Commission, says the retention of the right bank of the river Niger as far east as the 12th parallel should be made irreducibly the minimun of British territorial claims. Washington, Nov. 12. It is stated that President M'Kinley has ascertained that a two-thirds majority of Senators favor the annexation of Hawaii. Pketobia, Nov. 12. The Yolksraad has approved the reduction of the Transvaal-Netherlands railway rates to the extent oI £200,000 per annum. Hobart, This day. Mr Clark is organising a new party in the Legislative Assembly, and has already secured 14 or 15 followers.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 475, 13 November 1897, Page 3
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166GENERAL NEWS. Hastings Standard, Issue 475, 13 November 1897, Page 3
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