MISCELLANEOUS.

Colonist, Volume XLVIII, Issue 11763, 20 October 1906, Page 4

MISCELLANEOUS.

London, October 18. The Governor of Annara has trained his guvs on the Emperor's Palace, and threatens to depose him. The Emperor's atrocious cruelties are increasing. He killed and cooked one of his wives, and compelled the courtiers to eat her. He also immersed other of bis wives in boiling oil, and tied thirty to posts and shot them one by one with a bow and arrow from the Palace window. The "Standard" states that Count Agenor Gfoluchowski, Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs, has resigned. The "Times" says that France has resolved on a defensive attitude on the Moorish frontier. pm-::: M October IS. Kopineck hoaxer, who secured military assistance to rob a municipallity and imprison a mayor, has been identified as a clever swindler who has already undergone a year's imprisonment. Constantinople, October 18. The Turkish troops in Yemen are enduring terrible privations. Many battalions have been reduced to 40 men. New York, October 18. Obituary — Mrs Jefferson Davis, widow of the Confederate President. The Federal Grand Jury at Jackson, Tennessee, have indicted the Standard Oil Company of Indiana, a subsidiary of the Standard Oil Trust, for 1524 offences relating to favoritism in railway rates. The penalties are enormous. >■**& Negroes, attributing the dynamiting of the Negro College at Seneca to whites, burnt the town of Seneca to ashes. Sydney, October 19. Acting under instructions from the owners of the abandoned steamer Port Stephens, the tug Champion leaves to-morrow night to search for the drifting vessel. Hobart, October 19. The Juvenile Smoking Suppreßion Bill penalises anyone under 16 smoking or having tobacco in any form in his possession. Melbourne, October 19. ■ Mr Bent, Victorian State Premier, proposes BOine radical amendments in the Gaming Suppression Bill, including the licensing of racecourses at £1 per annum, and taxing the gross revenue of racing clubs for charitable purposes. Clubs with a revenue up to £600 are to pay 3 per cent ; from £600 to £1000 4 per cent : from £1000 5 per cent. On the basis of last year's revenue the V.R.C. would have to pay £3000. It is also proposed to limit the number of racing days. .„,,. „ „