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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXXVII, Issue 94, 6 May 1903, Page 4

,AST NIGHTS CABLES & TELEGRAMSStrßlTß'D FBXS3 ASSOCIATION.] CAPETOWN, Yesterday. It has been ascertajied that the deaths b Johannesburg, which it was feared ere due to bubonic plague, were due to aeumococeus. LONDON, Yesterday. The second reading debate on the Irish ,and Bill foreshadows a protracted discission in committee. The Nationalists sk for wider concessions. The Governlent has promised fair consideration to 11 amendments. Contrary to the advce of the Executive f the Amalgamated Society of Enginers that the men should not strike ending a joint conference, 6000 Clyde enineers go out at the end of this week. At the Old Bailey H. Bernstein has een sentenced to ten years and Golchnan 0 five years in connection with the Bank f England note forgeries. NEW YORK, Yesterday. Mr Carnegie has given a million dolars towards the erecton of the New fork headquarters of the national en;ineering societies. Mr Mark Hanna, "in an interview, declared that President Roosevelt would jertainly receive the Repubbcan nomina;ion in 1904). PARIS, Yesterday. General Andre, the Minister for War. ias transmitted to the Military Governor jf Paris King Edward's congratulations >n the appearance and bearing of the -roops. At King Edward's instance the troops were granted a day's rest. King Edward sent a telegram to Presi :lent Loubet warmly thanking him foi his reception in Prance. The King slept aboard the Royal yacht which leaves Cherbourg to-day. Tho French and British newspaper hail the prospect of permanent friendlj and trustful relations between Britab and France. President Loubet is assurai of a great welcome in London. ST PETERSBURG, Yesterday, A hundred Jewish families, fearin] massacre, left Kieff. Troops are patrol] ing the streets, assemblages have bee: forbidden, and the populace has bee warned that the troops, in case of neec will use their weapons. PERTH, Yesterday. The Supreme Court, in giving it verdict for the defendant in the cas againct the Commissoner of Railway! claiming damages for arrest by a railwa officer, held that the action could not li against the Commissioner, it having bee clearly laid down that the head of the d( partment is not liable for the wrongf 1 acts of his officers. SYDNEY, This Da.'/, Sailed — Kittawa for Bluff. The German steamer from the Ma: shall Group reports that wreckag from an unknown vessel has washe ashore. The opinion here is that it b( longs to the French ship Duconedio (! overdue from Sad Francisco with wheat, The following team has been selecte to represent the Commonwealth at-Bii ley : — Carter, Gruinmett, Whiteheac Lieut Rockwood, Mathieson, Lindsaj Soden, Henan, Bradley, Lake, Lloyd, an Elwee. The team will be under the mai agement of Colonel Oldershaw. AUCKLAND, Yesterday. The annual communication of th Grand Lodge of New Zealand Free masons was held to-day, when the officei for the coming year were elected and ii stalled. The report showed the cas balance at the end of April, 1891, wa .£72, but at the end of April, 1903, th cash balance totalled .£0383. Include in this was a fund of benvolence with credit of .£2914 ; the Masonic Widows an Orphans Fund, £1021 ; and Aged and Ii digent Masons' fund, JJ1243. CHRISTCHURCH, Yesterday, At a meeting of the Christchurc Drainage Board to-day, the Chairmai Mr R. PitCaithly, put a motion increasin i the Engineer's salary to .£650 a year, an declared it carried. Mr T.. Davey, M.H.I objected, saying he had not been given chance to vote. The Chairman aske those in favour to hold up their hand and declared the motion carried. IM Davey said the " noes " had not bee asked to vote. As a protest against tl: Chairman's action he left the room. Tide Wave, carrying Mr H. Collins £ the Christchurch Hunt Club's meetin at Lawf ord to-day, fell at a tricky fenc and broke his neck. Mr Collins sustaine concussion of the brain. He recovere consciousness at the hospital. : MASTERTON, This Day. At a meeting of the Fire Brigade t< night, Captain Morris said he took a n< coufidence motion against himself as compliment, and he refused to resign. NAPIER, Yesterday. The young woman, Elizabeth Youn who was arrested last evening in conne tion with the finding of tlie bodies of tv infants in the Iron Pot on Easter Su: day, was to-day charged at the Magi trate's Court with concealment of birt' She pleaded guilty, and was committc for sentence at the Supreme Court. PALMERSTON N., Yesterday. Owing to the retiring Mayor of Pa merston, Mr W. T. Wood, M-H.R., beir away from the colony with the Parli mentary excursion, and no deputy ha ing been appointed, the Mayor elect ar the Councillors could not be sworn in i the first meeting of the new Council th 1 evening. The Colonial Secretary is to I appealed to to solve the difficulty. WAIHI, Yesterday. The underground work has been stoi ped in the Waitekauri mine in cons quence of a fire destroying the engia house and winding and pumping maehii cry. WELLINGTON, Yesterday . Sir James Hector has resigned as D rector of the Geological Survey. He r< tires from the public service on a pensio: The Pacific Cable Board has requestc the Postmaster-General to place one < two of the Department's officers at r disposal for the purpose of canvassiu for business. Sir J. G. Ward concurs i this being done, and the first steps wei taken in Wellington to-day. Similar a tion will be taken in other parts of tl colony in a day or two. The Departmei points out that as the taxpayers of Ne Zealand are liable to share any deficienc of working the Pacific line, it is to tl interest of every person to use that roul when sending cable messages, particula: ly as it is the quickest. Under the ol cable rates last year's business woul have cost .£132,276, but owing to redu< tions in rate consequent on the openin of the Pacific line the amonnt actuall paid was .£99,870, representing a savin to the users of the cable of .£32,426. The Government having taken ove certain properties contiguous with th General Post Office to permit of an ex tension of that business has led to ; claim being made on the Crown by tb City Council for .£15,500, the value of thi freehold and the unexpired value of thi lease held by the dispossessed tenants The case came before the Compensatioi Court to-day, and judgment was given fo; the claimants for i 11,905. For Bronchial Cough, take Woods' Great Peppermint Cure Is 6d and 2s 6d everywhere. No Opium in Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.— Many cough cures contain opium. The effect of this drug is to diminish secretion of the mucus, and the relief afforded is only temporary. As soonajs the effect of bhe opium passes off, the malady reLurns in a more severe form The jystem is also weakened and reniered more susceptible to cold. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy does iot contain opium in any form. It lffords relief and leaves the system in a healthy condition. It always *:ures and cures quickly. R. Snodgrass & Sons, Hardy-street sell it. NELSON_COLLEGE. rHE GOVERNORS require the services of — '■ |(1) An Assistant Master for the Boys' College, at a salary of £150 a year, with >oard and residence in the College, equivaent to £40 a year additional. (2) An Assistant Master for the Boys' College, at a salary of £80 a year, with ioard and residence in the College, equiva3nt to £40 a year additional. The duties to commence on Ist June next. The appointments will be subject to three aonths' notice of termination from either ide. Applications, accompanied by certificates, estimonials, and photograph, addressed to The Secretary," will be received up to Oth May. . JAS. BLAIR, Secretary. College Office. Nelson, 30th April, 1903. .