Miscellaneous.

Colonist, Volume XLVI, Issue 10658, 5 March 1903, Page 3

Miscellaneous.

1 „ . . London, March 3. TheJ Ship Clatfibrian .Prince, bound from Coquimbo to has foundered in,? the^North' S3a. One person was saved, and nineteen were drowned. "/There is an Impression at Lloyds that th.c vessel bracked afc the Pfisoiis i3,fch& L<lna Edwards. The "Standard" say£ tliat special inquiries, made in Shensi province oonfirrit the report .that Tung-fuh-siang i 3 assembling a very i#rge force, designed to extirpate foreigners. Fcnir thousand Imperial troops have joined him. Many secret meetings are held at Pekin, some officials] attending them' id discuss ..wb^fcher they shall support the movement. Ottawa,; March 3. * The Canadian newspapers congratulate Victoria on securing Mr Tait, as he will be an energetic Chairman of the State l'aiiwayg. Berlin; March 3, Count von Bulow, the trerihari Chancellor, has drawn attention to the Bishop of Treves' manifesto, refusing absolution to some parents for sending their daughters to the Prussian Government's high schools, though fourteen of the teschers were Roman Catholic and eight Protestant. Count von Bulow claimed that the State's impartiality deserved reciprocity. The Princess Louise's parents have received her at Linden; She returns M. Giron's letters and telegrams unopened, and the breach is final. .Paris; March 3. The Court of Appeal has ordered the Good Shepherd Convent at Nancy to pay Mdlle. Gervant,. an orphan iamate, £400 compensatioj for detention for mariy years, and for overwork, resulting in partial blindness. The Bishop of Jfaticy stated under protest that the Charity Sisters treated the inmates worse than any outside "sweater." St. Petersburg, March 3. The ''Novpe Vremya" .states that the British Consul at, Musca.t ,has offered the Sultan of Oman a British naval detachment if he found himself unable to maintain order in the town of Matrah. „ Melbourne, March 4. In the State Assembly the Premier announced that the Government had selected Mr Thomas Tait, manager of transportation on the CanadianPacific Railway, as Commissioner for the Victorian Eailways, at a salary of £3500. Sydne¥j March 4. A3 regards the presentation of the petition of the French Chambers in favor of a French New Hebrides protectorate, Sir E. Barton says that the Federal Government is keeping a sharp eye on New Hebrides interests; and there is no liklihood of any undue advantage being gained, with respect to the action of the Imperial Government except by representation through the Federal Government. The Joint Commission the British and French Governments propose to appoint to deal with the land question was not yet constituted.. Consequent on the rise in the price of lead, increased activity is shown at the Barrier mines, and operations are being resumed on a large scale at the British mine, which had been practically idle for a long period. i ii iiiMiniirinrTTTi—^"i« >^-i*i*