Miscellaneous.

Colonist, Volume XLVI, Issue 10568, 17 November 1902, Page 3

Miscellaneous.

' London, November 14.

Warner captains Lord Hawke's team. c He hopes to secure McGrahey, who has gone to Australia. Lord Hawko broke ' his collar-bone while hunting but hopes to sail for New Zealand in fcbree weeks. r The " Daily Express " states that Mr 1 Chamberlain, daring his visit to South Africa, will arrange for the Government taking over the Rhodesian Chartered - Company, the Company concurring. At thg Derby November meeting the Dovera?e Stakes were won byDundonald 3 with Queon secondhand Viper third. , 3 Owing lo several recent deaths under - the Christian Science treatment, Mrs - Eddy, head of the' cult, has forbidden 1 her folio wers to doctor inf ecLio us and eont tagioas dieease?. ..,; ■;....:. t .. .^_ 3 M. Lebudy, the "French aeronaut, in pisT - air-ship, made several trips from tne fc bank of the Seine and returned againsb r the wind to his starting point. His 5 speed was fc'venty-five miles an hour. The Minerfe' Unions in the north of France have voted in favour of the resumption of work. The "Daily Mail" states that fho Czarina is suffering from melancholia; The Americans have subscribed .£15,000 towards the Queen Victoria Memorial I Fund. I The King of Eoumania and Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria have visitsd Plevna. They lunched together with Oiman 3 Pasha. Cardinal Logne, Archbishop of Armagh in a communication to the Dublin " Independent/ referring to the Education Bill, says the Irish Nationalists basely . abandoned the Irish Catholics iv England in their hour of sorest need, and adds : "We supported the party with voice and purse since its formation, and this is our re- ■ ward." i The Doukhobors have appealed to the . Sultan of Turke to allow them a tiay corner where they will not be compelled to obey the laws of men or becomo t»e subjects of any monarch excepting the Lord. : -....-' . . Paris, November 14. An insane soldier fired five shots in I he lobby of the Chamber of Deputies, and was arrestid. ' ■ Vienna, November 14. 1 The Czech and German Extremists in the Reicherath came to blows, and the sitting was suspended. .__ ..-.-.. . . Home,' November 14. Stromboli is in eruption. Loud defcotu tioas are heard, and the volcano is discharging ashes. Houses in the vicinity ! have bee a damaged . by earthquake L shocks, which are accompanying the eruption atii increasing the alarm. • ; London, Novemer 15. H.M.S. Furious and other cruisers have returned to Gibraltar. The Kabyles have sued for pardon. The excitement at Tehian has subsided.