HOME AND ABROAD.

Mataura Ensign, Issue 1131, 3 January 1903, Page 4

HOME AND ABROAD.

THE WORLD'* NEWS. Th» Dutch b«ve captured tb» Sultan*! I imilv, who were in hiding in the oxmumlm ifAeheen. i Austria hM denollced th« opmreerttaf treaty with Italy. Owing to friction between the Arbitration Board and the Miners' Union, the Arneritaoi are importing 300,000 tone of Britbh coal. The Itotomub had eompleted loading ticsber ai Alaclean, 5.8. W., for Kew Zealand* when the crew refuud to, go to sea on the ground that the vessel mu leaking badly. Th«i authorities have ordered the dlsobatgv > of the veaael for inspection. , * An old man named Newtown, living at Forbes, N.S.W., who picked tt> a precarious living, has been left a milliipn sterling it England. > Dr John Watson, of Liverpool (better knowa I as " lan Maclareo ") is report* I to be on his way to New Zealand for a trio lor the benefit \ of his health. *[ j The Wairarapa Natives are i ilgning a V*U- I tion to Kiog Edward praying I iim to appoint i MrSeddon Governor of New Zealand upon j the expiration of Lord ltauf uly's term Off office. J A former resident of Belgrade, now of Webfl lingion, on Tuesday publicly Ulraibed a BjM school teacher. Xbe object, ill it said, force the teacher to bring an alotion at order to prove certain allegations the assailant's daughter. Who states that he was advised to take tht the highest authority. I