Miscellaneous.

Colonist, Volume XLVI, Issue 10725, 23 May 1903, Page 4

Miscellaneous.

London, May 21. Afc the"wooi sales prices were good. Some merinos were withdrawn. Crossbreds are still very dear. The Tupupuru clip •sold afc'T-^d. The bank rate of discount is 3}4 per cent. In connection with the suicide of the cricketer Shrewsbury, the betrothed of the unfortunate man heard the first revolver shot, and asked him what he was doing. He replied "Nothing, 1 ' and fired the second shot immediately after. He had told her recently that he would be in the churchyard in a few days. A verdict, of suicide while temporarily insane was returned. The King and Queen opened the Edward VII. bridge at Kew, which cost £1,000,000. Lord*Minto's term as GovernorGeneral of Canada has been extended a year. German explorers of the site of Babylon have discovered the gate of Nebuchadnezzar's palace, and also hundreds of inscribed bricks, part of the public library, dealing with the eariest Babylonian history. Ottawa, May 21. It is officially announced that the new penny postage to Australia com mences on Monday. Paris, May 21. I Tod Sloan, the jockey, has been warned off the French racecourses for abetting reprehensible conduct in the French Oaks. Capetown, May 21, ! Sir Arthur Lawley, Lieutenant- [ Governor of the Transvaal, in opening the Legislature at Pretoria, announced regarding labor at the mines that the Government would allow the citizens to decide, reserving the right* to safeguard the interests of the community. Hong Kong, May 21. Two thousand native houses in Manila have been burnt. The damage is two million dollars, and eight thonsand persons are homeless.