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Waikato Argus, Volume XIV, Issue 1556, 14 May 1903, Page 2

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♦ ROYAL VISIT TO SCOTLAND. London, May 12. The Royal visit to Scotland was inaugurated with a great welcome and picturesque reception of the King and Queen on their arrival at the Waverley station, Edinburgh. Tho Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, Lords Rosebery and Balfour of Burleigh and most; of the great Scottish officers of State took part. The Lord Provost tendered the silver keys of the city to His Majesty, which the King returned. Their Royalties drove to Dalkeith Palace. Over half-a-iuillion pounds' worth of gold plate from Buckingham Palace has been transferred to Holyrood Palace iu connection with the visit. OUR SMALL TROUBLES. London, May 13. Details of the capture of Sokoto show that 6000 fanatical Fulaoi tribesmen fought desuerately for two and a half hours. Showing indifference to the fierce Maxim fire, they charged to within a few yards of the British square despite their wounds, aud died crying ' Aliah !' Tho chiefs heroically defended the Emirs. The Standard's correspondent states that the captured city is seven miles in circumference, but much inferior to Kauo. MOROCCO. London, May 13. A truce has been arranged between the contending forces at Tetuan to permit of the burial of 300 killed. France; is adopting offensive and defensive measures agaiust the raiders from Morocco into Algeria. RUSSIAJAND THE FINNS. London, May 12. The Finns' petition as published in The Times makes a pathelio protest against Russia's barbarous outrages on personal liberty and Finnish citizens. MONTREAL STRIKE ENDED. Ottawa, May 12. The Montreal strike has ended, the President of the Canadian Pacific Railway having induced the shipping interests to make satisfactory concessions to the strikers. AMERICA AND THE PACIFIC. New York, May 12. President Roosevelt, speaking at Wakonville, said the Pecific Ocean must pass under the commanding influence of America during the present century, involving a great burden of responsibility. FLOODS IN RUSSIA. St. Petersburg. May 12. The town of Merv, in Russian Turkestan, is flooded to a depth of 18 feet. Many fatalities have taken place. THE EDUCATION ACT. London, May 12. The annual assembly of the Congregational Union adopted a resolution condetniug the Education Aot and expressing sympathy with the policy of passive resistence to the Bill. STRIKES IN NEW YORK. New York, May 12. In view of the widespread strikes and the accompanying sympathetic strikes in America, experienced American employers say that tho only thing which will stop the madness of the Unions will be a period of acuta industrial depression. / THE TRANSVAAL LOAN. London, May 12. There were 115.400 applications, totalling £1,174,000,000 for the Transvaal loan. The allotments will be posted this evening. One firm applied for the whole loan, and otheis for huge amounts, but are unlikely to receive more than two per cent. COLONIALS AND DEFERRED PAY. London, May 12. Surgeon-Major Bakewell, of New Zealand, reiterates in The Times his statement that the War Office has still uot settled the claims of the colonials who served in the South African war. Captain Mylne, of the New South Wales Bushmeu, has expressed himself to the same effect. THE SIBERIAN RAILWAY. London, May 12. Mr Austen Chamberlain, the Post-master-General, is sounding the Siberian railway authorities regarding the prospects of a regular fast service with a view to sending the British mails to China by this route. The terms to tie proposed have not yet been settled. THE KAISER IN ITALY. Rome, May 12. The pomp of the Kaiser's recent visit to the Vatican has excited much animadversion on the part of the Italian press. AN HISTORIC MESSAGE. London, May 12. The Times states that a Paris correspondent has revealed the fact that after tho Kaiser's famous despatch to Kruger during the excitement over the Jameson Raid, at least four minor German courts remonstrated with the Kaiser, and profound dismay was expressed in Vienna.