News World.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXIII, Issue VII, 12 August 1899, Page 250

News World.

Seventy-five persons, exclusive of next of kin, claim the Tyson estate millions. Russia is satisfied with the result of the Peace Conference. The French are much afraid the i'xar may abdicate. The plague is raging at Mauritius. 37 eases out of 30 ended fatally in one week. Compulsory vaccination has been adopted in Japau. • . •• Seven towns have been destroyed by a tornado in Florida. A sad cycling accident . occurred last week in Auckland. A young man named W. H. Jackson collided with a cart, and died of his injuries. The occurrence was purely accidental. The Hon. W, P. Reeves, AgentGeneral, is recovering from a sharp attack of diphtheria. An earthquake shock was felt in Nelson, on Monday. Another alleged gambling-house raid has been made in Auckland. The Talisman Extended Company lost their case against Mr Elliot. The Championship Dog Show in Auckland was a great success last week.

The famine outlook in India is serious. The Waikare people have had a very successful and pleasant trip. Cecil Rhodes says the Transvaal difficulty will be settled amicably if Great Britain remains firm. The destruction of timber in the bush districts of the Wellington province is reported as proceding at a very rapid rate. The German Emperor's yacht Meteor has scored a victory over English yachts. Natives at Tauranga are now taking an interest in the perpetuation of the memory of the hero of the great fight on their side,-Rawiri Pnhjraki, at. the Gate Pah, .and are approaching the Government to help them to' erect a monument over his grave jn the Old Cemetery.'

M. Gallifet has released militarywitnesses from-professional secrecy iW giving evidence in the Dreyfus trial at Rennes. A Magistrate, at Derby refused the application of a vaccination officer to prosecute in defiance of the Board of Guardians, though the Government had ordered the prosecution. The Queen has presented the National Portrait Gallery with Hayter’s portrait of. herself attired in her coronation robes. A sever gunpowder explosion has partially wrecked the premises of Edwards, tea merchant, Georgestreet, Sydney. A boy who struck a match marvellously escaped, with slight burns. It has been decided that a team of ’Australian bowlers will visit England next- year. The steamer Courier came into collision with the steamer Penguin, outward bound from Melbourne to Tasmania. The Courier sustained some damage, but the Penguin was only very slightly injured. It is reported that New South Wales, Queensland, and New Zealand -are each claiming to have a member on the Pacific Cable Board.

Mr Fisher, M.H.R., wants a knan-of-war to visit Macquarrie Island in order to accurately locate the island, which is said to be incorrectly eharted. Mr John Middlemass, a very old New Zealand identity, has died at Mercury Bay, at the age of 89 years. He went to sea -at the age of 14 years, and first landed at the Bay of Islands in 1832 from the barque Admiral Cockburn. After making one more trip he settled in New Zealand in 1834, and for some years he was engaged in whaling and in trading on the East Coast with the Maoris. Mr Carson, member of the House of Commons for Dublin University, has seceded from the Conservative Party owing to Government indifference over the Dublin Corporation Bill.

Mr Andrew Carrick, for many years in the Auckland office of the South British Insurance Company, has been promoted to a responsible position In the Company’s office, Brisbane. Mr Carrick has had a capital training in the head office, and being a first-class insurance agent and a good business man, his future advancement in the Company is secured. His appointment to Queens and will be pleasing to Mr Carrb k’s many Auckland friends. He leaves by the steamer on kext. /sthin * dhiw *».«■»> X