The Lyttelton Times. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1901.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CVI, Issue 12573, 7 August 1901, Page 4

The Lyttelton Times. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1901.

Sir John M’Kenzie died at his home, near Palmerston, last evening. The Allies have arranged that the new Chinese tariff shall come into operation on Oct. 1. ' The death of the Empress Frederick o-l Germany is announced.. : • In view of the improved.trade prospects and, federal developments, the Trades Unionists in New South Wales are closing up their ranks -and making determined efforts to secure better working conditions- and wages. During the naval manoeuvres the torpedo boat destroyer A r iper, built: on- the turbine principle,, and claimed, as the fastest vessel afloat, while going twenty knots -an hour, entered a fog and struck on., some rocks off Alderney, on Saturday. She -broke her back, and foundered. ■ All on board were saved. The police in eight large towns in the Transvaal and Orange River -Colonies -are working under civil administration. '. The Eighteenth -Hussars, under Colonel F. W. Kitchener, charged with bayonets a strong kopje at Oliphant’s (River, and drove out Commandant Ben Viljoen’s men, killing -and capturing twelve. . , , -Many 'English and Continental newspapers consider that the conditions of peace outlined by -Mr Kruger in his interview with -a- representative of “ Figaro,'’ prove the impossibility of the concessions suggested by pro-Boer politicians. *