The N.Z. Times. (PUBLISHED DAILY.) WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1901. EPITOME OF THE DAY'S NEWS.
A strike of dockers has been in operation at Marseilles for a fortnight.
A Queensland opal of great value is being exhibited in London, The price of steel has been advanced two and a quarter dollars in America.
Mr Benjamin Harrison, a former President of thevUnited States, is seriously ill. Mr Balfour has agreed to the appoint mont of a committee to inquire into the Coronation Oath. Twelve hundred Canadians have sailed from Halifax to join the South African Constabulary. In anticipation of fresh taxation heavy Customs clearances of tobacco and tea have been made in Great-Britain.
Lord Kitchener has asked the Queensland Government to send'as many horses by the troopships to the Cape as possible. It is stated that Russia lias warned China that failure to promptly-sign the Manchura Convention will entail harsher terms. ■ ■ •
At the Supreme Court yesterday the tearing was concluded of the action between. Keady OTjeary, of Palmerston North, and thePublic,Trustee. Tlie hearing of the Coninsham divorce case was continued in Sydney yesterday, when the examination of the respondent was commenced.-' •
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New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4304, 13 March 1901, Page 4
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189The N.Z. Times. (PUBLISHED DAILY.) WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1901. EPITOME OF THE DAY'S NEWS. New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4304, 13 March 1901, Page 4
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