The N.Z. Times. (PUBLISHED DAILY.) WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1899. EPITOME OF THE DAY’S NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXX, Issue 3784, 5 July 1899, Page 4

The N.Z. Times. (PUBLISHED DAILY.)

WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1899. EPITOME OF THE DAY’S NEWS.

Wira which is Incorporated the Wellington t “3L?-ndeht, Established 1845 i

Mr Cecil Bliodes lias left London for Capetown. H.M.S. Goldfinch had a perilous trip from Auckland to Sydney. A commercial treaty has been concluded between Jamacia and the United States.A large vote for the purchase of Nigeria has been passed by the House of Commons. Chiefs of the rival parties in Samoa have shaken hands, and peace once - more reigns in the group. • : The Arbitration Court yesterday heard disputes in the plumbingi and painting trades in Wellington, and reserved its decisions. United States soldiers in the Philippines say they have been overworked and badlyhandled in the operations against Agninaldo's forces. . .. In a second case against Joseph Myers for forgery and uttering, heard in the Supreme Court in this city yesterday, the jury failed to agree. Yesterday was the Glorious Fourth,, a gala day in the United States, and there were celebrations of the anniversary in different parts of Australasia. Utterances of President ■ Kruger and a newly-elected member of the Volksraad show no signs of weakening on the part of the Transvaal authorities. Earl Grey, in a speech at Newcastle-on-Tyne, said the despatch of 10,000 British troops to South Africa would relieve the tension caused by the Transvaal difficulty. Mr John Holmes, in a lecture delivered under the auspices of the Wellington .Industrial Association last night, dealt with his experiences in the Old Country as Trade Commissioner for New Zealand. -

■ The Victorian Commissioners who recently visited New Zealand speak of the Old ■Age Pension Act as a good ami worthy •measure, and warmly commend the working of the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act.

. PITH OF PARLIAMENT. The Legislative Council did no business yesterday. In the House of Representatives the Wellington Electric Lighting Act Amendment Bill was read a first time. The whole of the afternoon was devoted to discussing the Police Commission, the subject being raised by the Premier laying on the table the annual report ot Commissioner Tunbridge on the police force of the colony. At the evening silting tne no-confidence debate was continued : by .Messrs linini, Montgomery, Millar,'Monk and I'icld. aiid was adjourned at midnight on the motion of Mr Lethbridge. The balance-sheet of the Bank of New Zealand was laid on the table ot the House of Representatives .yesterday atl«noon, and a criticism of the document will bo found in our financial column.