MISCELLANEOUS.

Colonist, Volume XLVI, Issue 10915, 5 January 1904, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS.

London, Januray 3 Obituary — Princcess Mathilda Bonaparte. __ Mr Reeves, Agent-General for New Zealand, is inviting tenders for a mail service from New Zealand to London, calling at British out ports. In the course of his annual address to the English. Positivist Committee, the President, Fredk. Harrison, denounced Mr Chamberlain's fiscal revolution. As an alternative Mr Harrison advocated the reopening of the whole question of land holding and land taxation. The "Daily Chronicle" asserts 1 that Mr Chamberlain is playing a "single star" part, and is afraid ' that the piece will no longer draw if > he is absent. The paper believes ; that he intends to transfer the cam- * paign to the colomek. ; if he loses the j r first general election in Great Britain, At the Porte's request Italy has " appointed General Degiori, comi manding a division, as commandant \ of the new Macedonian gendarmerie. A severe storm on Saturday 3 wrecked the baths at Glenelg, and t did considerable damage amongst the t small boats. Heavy floods are rec ported from inland. , Adelaide, January 4. Mr G. H. Reid, Leader of the - Federal Opposition, has returned . to Westralia. He adversely critir cises Mr Deakin's invitation to Mr b*' Chamberlain, which he says is not intended to do honor to the great