MISCELLANEOUS.

Colonist, Volume XLVIII, Issue 11287, 22 March 1905, Page 4

MISCELLANEOUS.

London, March 20. The SomaliJand Mullah, in his treaty with Italy, is pledged to maintain peace and repress slavery in the territory allotted to him by the Italian protectorate. The Boers in Orangia have agreed with the Government to placo public education above racial antagonism. New York newspapers relate a curious story of Mrs Athole Reader, the wife of a New Zealander, being appointed fiscal .gent at San Domingo, and of President Roosevelt's threat to use a big stick frightening President ' Morales, who cancelled the agreement. Sydnby, March 21. A letter from Dr. Woolnough, head of the scientific expedition to Fiji, shows important geological results, going to confirm the opinion that I. iji was formerly part of aflarge land surface extending through New Caledonia to Australia. ■"*" Obituary — Mrs Crombie' Brown," formerly identified with journalism in New Zealand.