The N. Z. Times (PUBLISHED DAILY.) TUESDAY, JUNE 27, 1899.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 3777, 27 June 1899, Page 4

The N. Z. Times (PUBLISHED DAILY.)

TUESDAY, JUNE 27, 1899.

With which is Incorporated the Wellington Independent, Kstaijusued 1815

Excellent returns continue to be got by gold dredges in Otago. The .prisoner. Dreyfus is expected.to land in France on Friday. Agricultural prospects in different parts of Russia are very bad. General Jouhert denies that be is purchasing more guns lor the Transvaal. The recently-salved ship Falls of Garry has been purchased by an Auckland firm. A large shipment of. rifles has been made from Hamburg for the Transvaal Government. Heavy supplies of'foodstuffs'have been ordered in Australia by cable from South Africa. Russia intends to spend an immense sum of money on the improvement of Port Arthur. An immense meeting in Madrid has protested against the ill-treatment of imprisoned Anarchists. Messrs Levin and Co.’s new steamer Himitangi arrived from Glasgow yesterday afternoon. •Ten parents were yesterday fined by the Stipendiary Magistrate for neglecting to send their children to school. The new French Premier intends to inform the Chamber of Deputies simply that he will defend the Republic. ; Concessions of a more liberal character are now likely to be offered to the ontlanders by the Transvaal Government. General Otis, of the United States forces at present operating in Iho Philippines, is not to be reinforced till October. The City Engineer reported to the Wellington City Council last night that in the use of the water supply great waste occurs. The services of a Canadian contingent have been offered to the British Government for South Africa should the necessity arise. The new French Minister of War declares that his mission is to defend the army, whilst keeping it strictly within its functions. Tha death is announced of Mr John Harding, of Waipukurau, known throughout New Zealand ns an energetic total abstinence organiser. The London “Times" looks upon the latest enfranchisement proposals as likely to lead to an amicable settlement of the Transvaal trouble. According to General Gallifet, no influence is to be allowed to interfere with the new Dreyfus court-martial, the finding of which will be loyally enforced. The alleged dispute between the Master Tailors’ Union and the Employees' Union again came before the Wellington Conciliation Board yesterday, when it was dismissed. Clothing manufacturers in Dunedin assert that their business is suffering on account of their being more strictly dealt with by the Tailoresses' Union than are their competitors in Auckland. According to Mr W. IL Ballard, the representative of Messrs A. McArthur and Co., of Sydney, who is on a visit to this colony, there are fair prospects for opening up an export trade in farm produce from New Zealand to South Africa.