CHIT-CHAT.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 10111, 18 September 1894, Page 2

CHIT-CHAT.

UP TO DATE. A dull morning ; weather still chilly. Thermometer " under the veraudah " at 2 p.m. to-day, liU degrees. Red deer have been seen recently in the open country at the Upper Taueru, in Wairarapa .district. Tuis are nufnerous around Masterton ab the present time. The Horn exploring expedition dis^ covered in Central Australia a frog. The marriage rate and birth rate in Queensland during 1893 is the lowest on record in that colony. Japanese have had a victory in Corea. They surrounded twenty thousand Chinese, of whom a number were killed. It is reported that Sir William Harcourt's eyes are failing him. It is feared that they may affect his ability to retain the leadership of the House of Commons. Train was thrown off the rails at Batley. in Yorkshire, when fourteen persons were injured. A Hindoo manifesto and prominent Brahmins urge an outbreaking against the Moslems. This, it is said, is to bo the first step to a rupture with the British authorities in India. Great Britain is sending four medical military officers to watch the armies in Corea. Gambling Bill has been assented to, so that persons betting totalisator odds aie liable to prosecution. A conference is to be held in Wellington with a view of placing the volunteer force on a sounder basis. Hon M. Cadman, who has boen suffering from an attack of pleurisy, is better. It is proposed to erect a marble monument at Ophir on site of where gold was first discovered in Australia. Mrs Annie Besant has arrived in Australia, and has already lectured in Adelaide and Melbourne. A writer describes her as a lady with a charming personalty ; just above the average height, and plump. Steamer Colonist, which grounded on the bar entering Newcastle river (NJ3.W.), has broken her back. A discovery of gold has been made at Walfram, near Bairnsdale. Reported that during the attack on Waihewai the British warned the Chinese. Ton thousand troops have been sent from Japan, with tho object of landing on Chinese coast. Local shareholders of Colonial Bank meet in Council Chambers to-morrow afternoon, to consider proposed amalgamation. Sultan of 'Morocco has recovered from his illness, < A fire occurred on Sunday night in Dymock's bacon curing factory in Wellington.