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Hastings Standard, Volume VI, Issue 1650, 14 October 1901, Page 4

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(Pa. on tU'il i'riss Assoitatun— Cooyriyht. / HOME AND FOREIGN. London, October 1:3 The Sfectitor publisnes the Rhone--b;hna'.lhor«t correspondencs relative to the .subscription of £4OOO by Mrßhodr a to the Libtral purty funds. Mr Rhodes (laired |Hoaje Rule, with representatives at Westminister, and tbe retention of ligypt. He was horrified wiib Mr Morley'rf scuttle speech, and subsequently disturbed by Mr Gladstone for=hadowiug a withdrawal from Egypt. If his (Mr Rhodes') wishes were do- 1 met, he desired that the money should be given to chanty. There is no indication in the correspondence that Mr Sohnadborst, organiser of the Englis'a Liberal party, acquainted Mr Gladstone of Mr Rhodes' views, but ho claimed Mr Rhodes' anxiety by stating that Lord Rosebery's policy as Foreign Secretary would be very different from that of Lord Granville's pliant suppleness. Tbe newspapers blame Mr Scbnadhorst's duplicity, and exonerate the Liberal leaders of bargaining with Mr Rhode?. Mr Onslow Ford's bust of S'r George ha3 been placed in St. Paul's Cathedral.

At Kempton Park, the Imperial Produce Stakes was won as follows : Ard Patrick 1; Royal Lancer, 2 Arsiout, <!. The deck plates of the torpedo destroyer Vulture buckled in heavy seas and she returned to Portsmouth.

The evidence given at the inrjui ;■ into the loss of the Cobra showed that the engines were somewhat heavier than the vessel's designs. The Royal Exchange has been granted for the exhibition of the colonial natural products and minerals recently exhibited at the Glasgow exhibition. It will probably be opened in Feburary or March. Besides Australia it is expected Canada will be represented. New York, October 13. Judge Morris, of Baltimore, has up held the additional tariff levied on Russian sugar, on the ground that the inducements offered to refiners in Russia is tantamount to a bounty. TRANSVAAL WAR. London, October 12. Lord Kitchener baa confirmed tho death sentence passed on Lotter, and his execution is officially announce ! as havirg taken place.

Colonel Kavanagh captured 110 horses belonging to Scheeper3' commando. Sergeant D. Cotton and Corpora! E. Pointon were severely wounded at Botha s firm. Sergeant lioyd, Cor. poral R. M'lvor, and Private GDandy were slightly wounded. All belong to the Seventh New Zealanders.

Baffling mists favored General Botha's retreat. The Court found Lotter guilty of sedition and the murder of a colored and unarmed scout on two occasions, the murder of troopers in action on three occasions, destroying the railway by means of explosives, and sjamboking Britishers and Europeans. Lotter pleaded that he was a Free State burgher, but did not adduce any evidence to support the claim. Scheepers' captors were a troop of 10th Hussars. Eighteen additional Boer leaders have been banished. Martial law is being applied to parts of Tembuland and East Griquland.

AFGHANISTAN. 1/oxdon, October 12. The Daily Telegraph says that Russian oflicial advices from Bokhara allege that Habibuilah's brothers, a few hoars prior to the proclamation of his accession, secretly left Cabul, accompanied by their partisans. Habibullah, indignant at their action, has surrounded himself with trustworthy troops, and sent strong detachments to the Indian roads to prevent their return, unless as prisoners. iho Times' Simla correspondent etates that reports from the frontier show that everything is quiet in Afghanistan.

Habibullah, in a letter announcing bis accession, informs Lord Jurzon, Viceroy of India, that he will follow in his father's footsteps, lie hopes that the friendship of the Governments of Afghanistan and India will continuously increase.

AUSTRALIAN. Sydney, October 13. In a half-mile foot race at Newcastle, L. M'Lr.uchlin, an Aucklader, defeated M'Manus, New South Wales, easily. The latter conceded 10 yards. Time, lmin -JOsec. M'Manus was favorite at 5 to -1 on. Melbourne, October 12. Two men prospecting old ground near Ararat unearthed 801b weight of gold iu a couple of days. A rush has set in. A cycling road rac?, Warranmbool to Mil bourne, 1(35 miles, was won by Niva, a local rider. Ralston (New Zealand) froto scratch, finished fifth, making the fastest time, !)br bOsec.