BRITISH AND FOREIGN
United Press Association —By Electrio Telegraph—Copyright. THE PEACE CONFERENCE. LONDON, May 4. The Czar’s Peace Conference at The Hague will be held in secret, but the resolutions adopted will be communicated to the Press. A NOTABLE BENEFIT PERFORMANCE. A benefit tendered to Miss Lydia Thompson, the celebrated burlesque actress, at the Lyceum Theatre, realised £3OOO. Crowds waited twenty-four hours outside the theatre to secure seats. , ' PRESERVATIVES IN FOOD. LONDON, May 5. Mr Chaplin will appoint a Departmental Committee to inquire into the use of preservatives in food. ■ THE WINE DUTIES. The Agents-General and Sir M. HicksBeach are , trying to effect a compromise with regard to the wine duty by halving the sixpence increase ... THE QUEEN. A heavy gale in the Channel is delaying the Queen’s- departure from Cherbourg.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume CI, Issue 11884, 6 May 1899, Page 7
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