The Lyttelton Times. TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1901.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CVI, Issue 12584, 20 August 1901, Page 4

The Lyttelton Times. TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1901.

T'iio Prorogation Speech declared that 'tiio progress of me forces engaged in 'tie conquest of the iSoutb African. Republic was steady and continuous. The difficulty and*ent of the country had protracted the length of the military operations. The Canadian census shows tha- the population of the. (Dominion is 5,338,633. T-ho Admiralty has decided to destroy the wreck of the Viper with explosives secretly, in order that) the vessel's mechanism may not bo revealed. , . , . , Kruitzingcr has been driven in confusion to near Venterstad. General French's other columns are pushing the enemy northwards from Capo Colony. At n meeting in Chicago addressed by Mr Michael Davitt and O’Donovan Kossa the latter advocated firing the principal cities in England in order to terrorise the Govern- ■ South African campaigners have' established an Imperial Service Club in London. A Boer commando wrecked a section of the Matching railway. The Ophir, with the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York, has reached Simonstown. Dutch settlers from all parts of Cape Colony will be present at the reception of the Royal visitors. As a result of an enquiry into a recent fire in a palace of the Sultan of Turkey, over seven hundred officials and women servants will be deported to Arabia.