News of the Week

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXI, Issue XVI, 17 October 1903, Page 22

News of the Week

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Silver i< quoted at 2/3 5-8 per oz.

The arguments of the Alaska Tribunal have now concluded.

The Mullah is reported to be within •K miles of Obbia. The British Parliament has been further ptorogued to December 11.

Haekenschmidt beat Antonio Pierri at wrestling for the Graeco-Ttoman championship.

The will of Mr Phil May has been lodged for p.obate. The personality amounts to £SO3.

The Czar’s wedding present to Prince Andrew of Greece is a cheque for £ 100.000.

The manufacture of the new rifle will occupy the Birmingham Small Arms Company until March, 1905, and further orders are expected.

The first edition of Mr Gladstone's life consists of 20,000 copies. It is understood that Mr Morley’s remuneration amounted to ten thousand sterling.

The Duke of Westminster has purchased 16.000 acres at Thabanchu, South Africa. He proposes to induce Cheshire yeomen to emigrate to this new settlement.

There Have been heavy rains in the North of England, and thousands of acres are inundated. The river Tyne is so high that traffic to and from the big industrial centres on the banks has been suspended.

The immigrants to Canada for the first nine months of the present year numbered 43.187 from Great Britain, 37.198 from the Continent of Europe, and 32,329 from the United States—a total of 113,014 new arrivals for the Dominion.