The N.Z. Times. (PUBLISHED DAILY.) MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 1900. EPITOME OF THE DAY'S NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4137, 27 August 1900, Page 4

The N.Z. Times.

(PUBLISHED DAILY.) MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 1900. EPITOME OF THE DAY'S NEWS.

With which. is Incorforatf.d the Wfj.einuto iKDEI-KNDIiNT, ESTABLISHED 1815 ■

. General Bailor reports'a mishap to souio of his troops near Leuw Eloof. The Japanese mail steamer Futami Mam has teen wrecked near Manila. An international military'administration has been established at Pekin. . The Channel Squadron has been strengthcud by the British Admiralty. . Figlitiug is reported to hare taken place on the 13th inst. near Tientsin. The Boers hare re-a’ppeared in Northern Natal and damaged the railway line. The steamer Mapourika has been successfully launched from Mabel Island; Picton. It is thought at Washington that Germany's troops in China will number 50,001). A horrible story of murder and cannibalism is reported from the Admiralty group. The Wellington football team ms defeated’ on Saturday at Auckland by Id points to four. ' The Conciliation Board was engaged on Saturday in further hearing of the tailoring, dispute. . ; i It is stated that a strong force of- Boers are entrenched on the Delagoa Bay railway line near Macbadodorp. The death sentence passed by court-mar-tial on Lieutenant Hans Cardna, -at Pr® toria, has-been carried out. ’ News cdmes of two New‘Zealanders haring been wounded in South Africa—Privates Maclean and Heasley.