The N.Z. Times. (PUBLISHED DAILY.) SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 1901. EPITOME OF THE DAY'S NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4259, 19 January 1901, Page 4

The N.Z. Times. (PUBLISHED DAILY.) SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 1901. EPITOME OF THE DAY'S NEWS.

ißcar-AdmiraJ Beaumont has" taken charge of the Australian squadron. Jimmy Governor, the notorious murderer, was executed in Sydney yesterday. It is believed that General Botha is preparing for a fresh invasion of. Natal. News has been j’eceivecl that the endian troops now ui Australia are to visit New Zealand. Play in connection with the championship howling tournament was continued yesterday. The whole of Cape Colony. . except a few towns, will be put under martial law on the Ist prox. - ■A shaft of light. projected, from Marwas observed during December from tl e Lowell Observatory, near Boston. Military writers in Pekin are enthusiastic in praise of the Indian troops in conpai’i&on with the European'soldiers now - n China. The late Dr Creighton,, Bishop of, Londou, was buried in St Paulas Cathedral. The service was conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury. In the course of a speech at Wolverhampton Lord Rosebery advocated the estabii .lament by Chambers of Commerce of traveling trade scholarships. Mr Barton. Premier of the Australian Commonwealth, declared in a, speech ai Maitland that the country wanted \6 be able in the hour c-f need to render' mil l tary assistance to the Empire.

At the Magistrate's, Court .yesterday Charles Lillywhite,’ said to .be-one Blateh. was committed to prison' to" await tne expiry of a warrant for his arrest on a charge of murder at Cold;ester.