The Lyttelton Times. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1901.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CV, Issue 12424, 13 February 1901, Page 4

The Lyttelton Times. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1901.

Sir George •Turner, .speaking at 'the- Foundation Luncheon in Melbourne, said that aibouifc fifteen thousand persons would have to be provided for under the Old Age Pensions sohem'e in Victoria,, and that a sum of £300,000 a year would be required. The Imperial Troops are enthusiastic receptions in the .North Island. They returned to Wellington from Master ton. and Wargamii li'sfc evening, •and' will proceed 'to Napier to-day. There are no further developments tit ' the Walmate sensation, but it is -£>ti'll> Thought probable that, the police will lay a fresh informa'tion for murder. The Federation Commission continued Its inquiry in .Dnnedin yesterday. The majority of the witnesses expressed opinions unfp.vouralble to union with the Australian Commonwealth. The- death is reported of Mr F. C. Tabarl, the well-known Christchurch auctioneer. The 'Midland Railway Camniission sat in Wellington yesterday, and' -will proceed to 'Kelson to-day; The toi?', cost of .liqrtiua'tjng the Colonial Bank up to date is £ P633 Gy Sd. It is expected that the final dividend will 'amount to about Is a share. The London County Council is , spending £50,000 in precautions against a possible outbreak of (ho plague. Mr Kvuger is still encouraging the Boers to expect'European interference on their behalf. All the males between sixteen and forty years of age in the Steynsburg district are being called into the 'British lines Lo protect them from commandeering. A disloyalist at Kimberley has been sentenced to twelve years' imprisonment and tlio payment of a fine of £3OO for uttering insults against the late Queen. The'tombs of Kings Victor Emmanuel and Humbert, at .Rome, have been robbed. It is reported that the Boer invasion of Portuguese territory is intended to facilitate the landing of a cargo of contraband goods at Kcsic Bay, in Amatongalaucl. The office of the Victorian Agent-General in London has been wrecked by an explosion of News has been received of the death of Milan, the ex-King of Servia. An American account of, the Queen's last iili'iess has been telegraphed from Auckland. The Presbyterian General Assembly was opened in Wanganui last evening. At the sitting of the Anglican Synod in Napier yesterday, the report of the Committee on Religious Instruction in State Schools was rejected.