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o,fttlo^ s w '* rasped to the, t|t^rffiderpesb;wlll . he relaxed,'- Bnd oamels will yjf^lbf i&plo^.lhHran'spdrl. ■'^iX'V : '■) X-; ; OapK"own, 1 SSX ''A :-"lt ;\has 'been decided to declare the Hi;ls a rebel area.' ; . .- X „ XXgXTpn;,. forts.'are, being built [io prevent XX~: the. natives sowing their crops, or feeding .XXtheU herds, and it.ia intended to so com--X X'pol their' submission. .. - .T* XV -It is-proposed toreoruit 600 police in ''X-'--'Bnglu6v.^at;t£ift|oape;,.'. ■..'■XJyX-;-'. - i^r".:- -. - -■■■ ~~ By Elkotrio TmutaßAPH— CorrmaHr. 'X'~ '' (PBKSS X' ~ ; ENGLIsiiiOREIGS Miscellft/ieou.-: .. „ . j [United Press Association.! London, July 31. X The House of Commons has passed the : third reading of a Bill encouratjing light ' , railways in agricultural districts. : .The New Zealand Shipping Company is , • issuing » 300,000 jworth of 4 per cent debentures at par, ■ \ '■ - '-- - *'*[•' '''■■':'-. t ..-.:•. . August 1. „'-•/ Count Sohomberg has had a walk over for the Goodwood Cup. The Czar and Czarina will visit Paris in | . September and probably come on to Os--borne". The Uganda Railway Bill has passed its' third reading in the House of Commons. Washington, July 31. President Cleveland has issued a pro- - clamation that any violation of the neu- ' tralityof Cubawlll. be severely punished. British Medical Association. Defence of Doctors in Courts of ! Law. ' [United Press Association.] ■ London, August 1. . The British Medical Association has decided to alter the memorandum of ' association in'order to permit the funds to be employed in defenoe of members pro- , oeeded against in courts of law. , Cholera tn Egypt. ' - . Death of a Railway Engineer, I ■: [United Press Association.] • Cairo, August 2, ,- .' - -'Mr Jacob Sbakour, one of the engineers constructing tlie" railway towards Don- .. gola, bas died of oholera at Firkeb. Labour Ti oub es in Belgium. two Mines Shut Down. ' [United'Prosß Association.] '!• Brussels, August 2. -X Owing to the increase ia the cost of labour two mines have been dosed down at Mon, throwing 600 people out of work. Poisoners in Austria, Croatians Sentenced to Death -•: . *. or Imprisonment. [United Press Association.] '. ' . Vesnna, August 2. . - ----•' Tnirty-six Croatians have beeu tried for ■. a series oi murders and robberies, arid bine- . teen have been ooudemned to death and 10 ; others to long terms of penal servitude. Ihe Final lest Match. Ihe English learn. London, August 1. "X The following nine players have been v defiinitely chosen to represent England n ■ "the 'final test match .next week :— A. E. • Stoddart, W. Gunn, R. Abel, T. Richardson, T. Hayward, A. A. Lilley, F. S. Jackson, K. S. Ranjitsiobji, and W. G. Grace.' - The remaining two will be selected from R. Feel, G. Lohmann, J. T. Hsarne, anu .Captain Wynyard. A New Zealand Prizeman. For Scientific. Research [United Press Association.]a . -y ■ . 'London August I,' Mr John Erßkine, of New Zealand, has . ' won tho 1851 Exhibition Research SoholarX| ahlb. German East Africa. Brutality to Natives. An Agent Heavily Sentenced. •' i[UnUed Press Assooiatipn.l i Berlin, August 2. Schroder, agent for the German East '• Alrica Company, bas been sentenced to fiften years' imprisonment for brutality to ' natives. Monetary and Commercial. [United Press Association.] . London, August 1. N-.Z-lambiaat4l-Bd. v Hemp is in dull demand. In kauri gum 1788 cases were offered, '•"-■■ and, 929 were sold. . There is a slow de- ' , mand ; three quarter scraped is at 89s, and half-scraped' at 50s. The stock on hand ; ia now 980 cases. , '. N. Z. basils aro at 8d.,-1 International Cycling Matches. England Beats Austrtlia. - f United Press Association. 1..-"■ '■ ..-"■ London, August 1. ln the England v. Australia cyoling matches the former won by 18 points, in- . eluding the mile and five mile races. Lewis, Payne and Magson were easily defeated, but the lasf-named. was cheered for hiipluoay riding. \ a -'' J - '■ ■-' AUSTRALIAN Snow in New South Wales. Heavy Weather on the Coust [United Press Association,] -Stone*, This Day. Snow Is falling over a large area of country, and viou-ut gales are blowing , along tbe coast. Weather Forecasts and > heir '„'•> Value. Mr Clement Wragge o< tteour- . ring Cycles. [United Press Association.] Sydney, This Day. . Mr Clement Wragge, the Government Meteorologist of Queensland, who is ou his way to attend the Weather Conference at Paris, in au interview, said thatrhe was hardly prepared tv account for tue theory of Mr Russell, Government Astronomer of New South Wales, of weather recurring in oycles. He said it would assuredly be detremential to the tquattiug aud aericnltnia interests to issue foicasta for . whole seasons on mere biblical and ancient Egyptian reooids without'tha mure' ample data which Antarctic observations would - attord. ' .NEW ZEALAND. Death of Mr J. E. Fitzgerald, [United Press Association. ) Wellington, August 2. Mr James Edward Fitzgerald, C.M.G. , Controller and Auditor-General, died this morning from bronchitis aud congestion of the lungs. He was born at Bath in 1818, - X and arrived at Lyttelton In 1850, where he X' started the "Lyttelton limes "and edited ;£, ■'- it for two years. In 1853 he was chosen as 1 X-v the first Superintendent of Canterbury, '- " which position he held until 1857, when he ' X returned to England as agent for the pro- " 'vinoe; In 186 aMr Fitzgerald re-entered X Parliament, sitting for Akaroa, and in 1865 •■' 'became Native Minister in the Weld Ad- . 'ministration. " On retiring from public life he was appointed Controller-General, in '- 1872' Commissioner of Audit, and in 1878 XX Controller and Auditor-Geneial, which .!.'/': poaition ho held until his' death; ■ ■■■ \'o;'. \ , Shipping. X "y '"• [United Press Aasooiatlon. 1 '.-;.-,*.-;:.',' •',, '•' Auckland, August I. W'- XBho Russian' barque Paul/ haa arrived >';Xv' from Natal to load'tlnn>>r;at iKaipara for X'-tv. the .United Kingdom. C ■'.''•.' '■^^Wv:'y''Maort Land Disputes. y^&tprpppsaljby Native-. Woihen\ \ f ? <..X ''■' [United. Press/Asspoiaiaon.] ... „. i|/-"^-^rt">-" j -•""' W?i^aTON,\Thiß,l)fty. .. ;.X^/#A"d)eputation ' of women :waltied •?SfeXi^the' Premier, .to-day and ' asked that &X-f J*atives- should:- be. given -the power of -iXfcmatoff a^prolimluary bvestigation into #^^^^x^"^?-- - -■■ ■"- ' '