GENERAL CABLES.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4294, 1 March 1901, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

QUEENSLAND WESLEYAKS. BRISBANE, February 28. Tho Rev A. Hutchinson has been elected president of the Wesleyan Conference. THE KING IN GERMANY. LONDON. February 27. King Edward will leave Kronherg on Saturday. His .visit lias greatly cheered the Empress Frederick. THE ORDER OF. THE BATH. LONDON.- February 27. Tho Duke of Connaught has been made First and Principal Knight Grand Gross and GrcafMaster of the Order of tlie Bath, in succession to the • Prince of Wales, who as King now . presides over the Order.. . . SOMALIS AND BRITISH. LONDON, February 27. The Ogadyn Somalis on the 19tli attacked a British zareba at Sannasa, in the East Africa Protectorate. They wore repulsed, losing" 150 men. The British had .seventeen killed, including Colonel P. J. Maitland, C. 8., of the Indian Staff Corps. ENGLISH IN EUROPEAN SCHOOLS, LONDON, February 27. English has been made a compulsory subject of examination for French public appointments. It has also* -been introduced into the curriculum of the German day schools, and as an optional subject in commercial schools in Russia. ENGLISH AND AMERICAN STEEL. LONDON, February 27. Sheffield firms believe that the American steel combine will not affect highgrade and best carbon steels, but may possibly injure English girder and bridge work. -

■ (Received March 1, 0.28 a.m.) NEW YORK, February 28. The capital of the American steel trust consists of three hundred million dollars in bonds, four hundred million dollars in preference stock, and four hundred million dollars in common stock.

THE DIAMONDYILLE DISASTER. ; NEW YORK, February 27. The victims of the Diamondvill© mine disaster numbered twenty-six. A NEW AGENT-GENERAL. PERTH, February 28. Tho Hon H. B. Lefroy, Minister for Mines, has accepted the position of Agent-General in London, in succession to Sir E. H. Wittenoom. A REDISTRIBUTION SCHEME. SYDNEY. February 28. The State Redistribution of Seats Committee has recommended the disappearance of eight electorates in the country and one in the city, and the creation of sis new ■ electorates in the suburbs of Sydney and three in the country- ■ i PROCLAMATION OF THE KING. ' ADELAIDE, February 28. i Over thirty thousand persons witnessed the proclamation of the King and the review of the Imperial and local troops by the Governor, Lord Tennyson, yesterday. A BRITISH BY-ELECTION. LONDON, February 27. At the by-election for the Stretford Division of Lancashire, Air C. Cripps, Unionist, was elected by a majority of 1297, replacing Sir J. W. Maclnre, Conservative, deceased. Sir J. Maclurc’s majority at the recent general election was 2653. r: (THE GERMAN CENSUS. : BERLIN, February 27. The census taken throughout Germany shows (the-population to be ,56,345,014. At the census of 1893 the population was 52,246,589. A T7ISE U.APTAIN. SAN FfSNCISbb, February 27. ‘ ; The mail steamer... Alameda, from Sydney, was befogged on. her arrival oil' San Francisco on ’the' 23rd: The passengers protested against tho delay, but when they heard of the disaster to tho City of Rio de Janeiro on the prevmus day, they presented the captain with a testimonial. ? A MISSIONARY PROJECT. SYDNEY, February 28. : The land secured at Ulu, in New Britain, for the Wesleyan Mission industrial settlement is fifteen hundred acres in extent. The chief idea is to evangelise the natives employed, and then make the work self-supporting. I GERMAN WARSHIP MOEWE. ; (Received March 1, .0.41 a m.) ; ; SYDNEY,, February 28. The German warship Moeiye has sailed for New Britain. <