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Temuka Leader, Issue 3744, 25 May 1901, Page 1

Cable News.

i ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, May 21. r rhe population of Ireland is 1,450,516, of Scotland 1,171,057. Tnu Shamrock IT., ou the latest trials, out priced her predecessor. A cyclist knocked down Sir Fowoll Buxton, late Governor of South Australia, who remained unconscious for an hour, and is suffering from tho shock. His Maic ■■■ tho King inspects the Antarctic exp.... Tug ship Discovery. Sir Clement Markham, President of the Geographical Society, has announced (hat a Fellow of tho Society has given ,£SOOO towards the equipment of a second vessel, Mr Bernaechi, who accompanied Borchgrevinck’s expedition as the astronomer, lias been awarded the Cuthbert PeckGrant for observations taken in Victoria Laud. Obituary. — Sir Conrtnay Boyle, permanent secrotary to the Board of Trade ; aged 50. Karl Roberts, in addressing the Hussars at Badminton, said that it was not intended to transfer tho Yeomanry into Hie Mounted Infantry. The interchanges of courtesies between the Russians and Germans at Metz has ' irritated the French press. A Russian semi-official statement declares that tho incident possessed no significance. May 22. Correspondents on the Gold Coast foreshadow a formidable rising of natives in Adansi and even at Bekwais. Mr Aslmead Barlett has been declared a bankrupt. His liabilities are £so,Out). Tho Caid of Rebdama, a tribe ou the coast of Morocco, shot and killed M. Pouzet, a French yachtsman. Franco has sent two cruisers to .Morocco to obtain redress from the Sultan. At the instance of the Row Zealand Agent-General, Mr Reeves, three large Liverpool moat-dealers wore each fined £lO with £7 7s costs for selling meat from other countries as Now Zealand. M.\i)k.id, May 21. Tho elections give Seuor Sagasta a largo majority. Tokio, May 22. Three Russian officers have been sentenced to three months’ imprisonment at Yokohama for drawing plans of Nagasaki harbour fortifications. AUSTRALIAN CARLES. SVDXI'Y, May His Eminence tho Cardinal, on behalf of Catholic ladies, presented Dr O’Harau with 700 sovereigns. Lord Ranfurly arrived by the Mokoia to night At tho A.M.P. meeting tho chairman’s report showed that the new business and surplus were the largest in tho history of tho society. The new business amounted to £4,224,000. An addition was made to the accumulated funds of £i>ss,('tX,>, bringing them beyond tho £17,000,00!) mark. Tho surplus tor distribution is £537,894. Thu report was adopted. .May 23. Dr O’Hnran scathingly denounced tee part played by Orangemen in the recent divorce case Ho said they wero a con tomptiblo crew, and but for their insidious union with blackmailers and conspirators should have been treated with contempt. A I tailor named McDonald, who was hi, . away from an island while journeying to Vila, New Hebrides, has reached Hantos, -100 miles away, after nineteen days’ buffeting in a whaleboat. .\df.i.ai do, May 22. A number of stowaways from Colombo landed at Fremantle by the Ormuz, wlfich incident is supposed to have given colour to the Anarchist story. The detectives cross-questioned an Italian who was ou board, but he stated that ho was going to tiie New Zealand gum-diggings. Some of the passengers say there was nothing in tho Anarchist theory. May 23, The importation of swine from New' Zealand has been prohibited for twelve months. Brisbane, May 23. Tho Rev. Hugh Price Hughes visits Australia next year, and spends four weeks in New Zealand. Hobart, May 23. Mr Charles Hudson, of New Zealand, has been appointed general manager of the Tasmanian railways.