The N.Z. Times. (PUBLISHED DAILY.) THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1901. EPITOME OF THE DAY'S NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4311, 21 March 1901, Page 4

The N.Z. Times. (PUBLISHED DAILY.) THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1901. EPITOME OF THE DAY'S NEWS.

A disastrous hurricane passed oiler Fiji on March 13th’ and Mil) , ’ Further developments' of the bubonic plague are reported from: Australia. Mr Barton has been returned unopposed for the Australian Federal Assembly. Sir .William Lync lias resigned his seat in the New South Wales State Parliament. Two hundred and eighty-four convicts working in a colliery'at Lansing, Kansas, U.S.A.,- have mutinied below ground. It is expected that ten thousand French troops will shortly bo withdrawn’ from China. ;■ • . A continuance of rioting by students and workmen is reported from various parts of Russia. The Brutish Admiralty proposes to introduce 7Ain guns into the largest warships in the navy. The negotiations for peace that had been iii progress between Lord Kitchener and General Botha have ended- fruitlessly. It is proposed by the citizens of Sydney to present the Duke and Duchess of York with views of the city bound in solid gold. The Commander-in-Ohief of the allies in. China has intervened with a view to ending thejiostilities of the British and Russian troops. Major-General Bruce Hamilton , has cleared the BoUxville-Wepener district, in Orange River Colony, destroying a large quantity of grain. The Court of Appeal yesterday unanimously gave judgment for the defendants in the action Jackson- V. Wellington College Governors and others. The Wellington Education Board has decided upon a scheme, to be submitted to the Education Department, for t|ie increase of school teachers* salaries.