The Lyttelton Times. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1901.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CVI, Issue 12620, 1 October 1901, Page 4

The Lyttelton Times. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1901.

Scheepet’s r ommando has crossed OlifanVs River, and is moving in a north-easterly direction.

Edheim Pasha commands 30,000 troops at Basra- Besides the British cruiser Perseus, tho ; cruiser Marathon, the torpedo gunboat Assays and tho special,service vessel Sphinx are in the Persian Gulf. The cruisers Highflyer and! Pomono are proceeding there. “The plague has made if* appearance at Rio de, Janeiro. The Socialist Congress at Lubeck adopted a resolution strenuously denouncing the proposed German Customs tariff. It is understood that the Federal tariff will be a moderate one, and that as soon as' it is brought down, inter-State free-trade will begani Early potatoes suffered 1 by a sharp frost in North Canterbury yesterday morning. The Lyttelton Borough Council will cooperate in giving a hearty welcome to the 'British Antarctic Expedition on its arrival ■at the Port. The City Council has confirmed its _ motor by-law, -and these vehicles must be licensed from Oct. 19.. • a» , , Tbe City Council has decided that persons living outside tbe belts, who have given guarantees for tho -services of tho City Fire Brigade ini the case of an outbreak of fire in their premises, are not to be affected by a recent resolution restricting tho operations of tie Brigade to the confines of the city. Lord! Kitchener, in reply to a-letter from Mr Scbalkburger, the head of the Boer executive, stated that Great Britain cannot abandon the annexation of the, two ex-Republics without breaking faith with the loyalists. _' _ . Government farms fear all tbe principal garrisons in the Transvaal supply -sufficient green foddeti and vegetables for the. local forces. They are mam-aged by Australian and Cambridgeshire farmers. Nineteen Boer-a were killed during General , Botha’s attack On two forts on the Zululand frontier. Lord Milner has directed the disposal of the property of burghers still in the field to maintain their families. A Filipino force surprised a company of American soldiers, killing forty-eight and wounding Olteven, and capturing their stores ar,d ammunition. The Firo Brigade Ocriimitteo of the City Council is making inquiries as to the advis--ableness of obtaining motor fire engines.