THE HEAT WAVE.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 11201, 25 August 1898, Page 4

THE HEAT WAVE.

The heat wave, continued throughout Eng« land. The temperature has been nearly 80deg in the shade. Many eases of sunstroke have occurred in the London parks and in the streets, a few proving fatal. Forest fires are raging in the south of ! France. SHIPPING CASUALTIES. The fog is responsible for many shipping ! accidents in the English Channel. : A Hamburg fishing boat collided with and : sank a schooner, ten persons being drowned; TYPHOID AT BELFAST. . August 24. (Received Aug. 25, at 0.30 a.m.) A typhoid epidemic has overtaken Bel» fast, and 600 cases were reported in three • weeks. THE RUSSIAN HARVEST. ST. PETERSBURG, August 24. - (Received Aug. 25, at 0.30 a.m.) The Russian harvest is a partial failure lin many districts. Great privation is expected. INCREASING THE GERMAN ARMY; .' BERLIN, August 24. (Received Aug. 25. at 0.30 a.m.) Germany will raise .43 additional batt&< lions of infantry, and about 22,500 increase for the. artillery, and railway engineers branches of the service. THE ITALIAN BREAD RIOTERS. - " ' * . ROME, August 24. '" (Received Aug. 25, at 0.30 a.m.) ' The Court of Cassation has dismissed the appeals of those sentenced by military tribunals for participating in the bread riots. A DEIAL... SHANGHAI, August 23. (Received Aug. $34,-at 9 a.m.) Herr Wolff declares that .the accusation of.his acquittal of.''Chinese' murderers is a clumsy invention. .",''/,-, CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES. ■-■•'■■ OTTAWA, August 23.- ---\ (Received Aug: 24,. at 9.15 a.m.) The conference for the adjustment of difi'e* rences between Canada ' and the United States has opened at Quebec. Great.interest is taken in the proceedings. THE -ANGLO-AMERICAN COMMISSION, I ■ ■ ' August 24. ! (Received Aug. 25, at 0:30 a.m.) I Lord ■ Herschell has been appointed president of the Anglo-American Commission, on American-Canadian disputes. : . ' 1 THE ANNEXATION OF HAWAII. . NEW YORK, August 24. I (Received Aug. 25, at 0.30 a.m.) , ■The American flag was hoisted over Hawaii on the 12th. The natives displayed - a despondent- attitude, and- abstained from ! taking part in the function. ; "'•' • THE CAPE ELECTIONS. ' CAPETOWN, August 24. *. (Received Aug. 25, at 0.30 a.m.) i Mr Rhodes obtained an overwhelming ma» jority in Namaqualarid, Progressive candidates winning both seats; The Afrikander Bund majority is, however, maintained elsewhere. ■> -