GENERAL ITEMS.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 11124, 17 January 1899, Page 3

GENERAL ITEMS.

Beceived January 16, 9 a.m. London, January 16. The Eight Hon. Mr Brddrick, Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs, informed an anti-Slavery Society that 8000 slaves had been freed in Zanzibar and Pemba, and that emancipation was proceeding as rapidly as was consistent •with security. St. Petersburg, January 15. Lieutenant Pekkarlarez, of Warsaw, When sentenced for neglect of duty, shot Count Zelincke, President of the Court Martial, dead. Caibo, January 15. Eas Mangascia. Abyssinian chief, has repulsed several attacks by the Shoar chief Eas Makonnan, who recently raidec Bomaliland. Wasmihoton, January 15. In the House of Representatives Mi Borry, Democrat, referring to tho Philip pines, said America would yet be obligei to whip Germany. Tho House loudl; applauded this sentiment. San Francisco, January 15. The British ship Andelana foundere in a squall off Taconia, Puget Sounc Nineteen of the crew ware drowned. Noumea, Monday. A New Hebrides settler named Thoma las been murdered by the natives a Mallicolo Island. His partner, name Bell, narrowly escaped a similar fate. Brisbane, Monday. The will of the late Premier, M Byrnes, has been lodged. Probate iv tl estate has been sworn at under ,£20,000. Our baby has been continually trouble ■with colic and cholera infantum sin.je h birth, and all that we could do for hi: did not seem to give him more than ten porary relief, until we gave him Char berlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhn Eemedy. Since giving that remedy ] has not been troubled. We want to gi you this testimonial as an evidence of o gratitude, not that you need it to advt tise your meritorious Remedy. — Ot. ] Law, Keokuk, lowa. For Bale by Ecclbs, Wholesale and Retail Chemi Napier and Hastings.