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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1367, 12 May 1898, Page 36

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London, May 3. Mrs Camilla Nicholls, a widow, of West Kensington, London, has been found guilty of the manslaughter of her servant Jane and sentenced to seven years' imprisonment. The evidence was sensational. It showed that the girl died as the result of protracted ill-treatment and starvation. London, May 4. Mr Chamberlain states that it is improbable that he will be able to leave his work to visit Australia and Canada. Mr Curzon, Parliamentary Secretary for the Foreign Office, has recovered from the illness induced by overwork. Excellent coalfields have been discovered in County Antrim, Ireland. It is estimated that the coal-bearing area will yield 2,500,000 tons. A second British Brigade is to be sent to the Soudan. "London, May 5. The English billiard players, C, Dawson and J. B. Mannock, sail by the Ormuz for a tour in Australia. Lord Brassey (Governor of Victoria) and Lady Brassey have arrived in London. - London, May 6. Lord Brassey, in the course of an interview, said Australia would gladly welcome common action between England and America in the large affairs of the world. Australia, he added, was rapidly triumphing over her difficulties. In his speech at the Primrose League, Lord Salisbury referred to the splendid work performed for the Empire by Mr Cecil Ehode3 (in South Africa), the late Sir Gerald Portal (Uganda), Sir Herbert Kitchener (in the Soudan), Sir William Lockhart (on the Indian frontier), Sir Claude MacDonald (in West Africa and China), and Lord Cromer (in Egypt). London, May 7. la the House of Commons the Hon J. Chamberlain made a spirited reply to the attacks made on the British South Africa Chartered Company's policy in Bhodesia. He stated that the Government was considHring the question of guaranteeing a railwiy to Lake Tanganyika. -Mr Austen Chamberlain, Civil Lord of the. Admiralty, states that the Admiralty is unable to" entertain the application made by the West Australian Government for the establishment of a naval base u'r Aib.r.y. Tlie Court of Appeal has dismissed the ?.ip;-i!/'tH made by the uuderwmers against the rt-naiots'of the Lover C-'nrt in Favour v'tiOlessis Tunder, Anderson and Co. wi'.,b respect to the low of the ship Gainsbojoiivh, which went ashore near Honolulu ;frjti>u *•■.')■■><•«l v iih ■.*: ca'porfc ooal- . I \" "" " i'..orav.N, W•■'.,¥ 8. • Clutvu, now Besiddut Oommwsionej: «nd Vbmt iiagistrato ot iiuiulaud, ki& beoa

appointed Resident Commissioner of Rhodesia. In his speeoh in the House of Commons, Mr Chamberlain announced that the Government had accepted an offer of a differential tariff for Rhodesia, on condition that the rates Charged oh British goods should never exceed those imposed in the case of products sent from Cape Colony. Sir William Harcourtand Mr John Morley protested that this w uld entail a reversal of the national commercial policy. The British Board of Trade returns show that the imports for April increased by £5 110,000 and the' exports decreased .£2,204,000 as compared with the previous April. London, May 9.

Sir Francis Ford, who retires from the position of British Ambassador at R>ine, will be succeeded by Sir Phillip ' 'urrie, late British Ambassador atConstantinople.