NEWS OF THE WEEK.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXV, Issue 26, 29 October 1897, Page 15

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

Thursday, October 21. THE Czar is at present vi&iting the Emperor of Germany. A man named Fitzgerald employed as a gardener in Adelaide has fallen into the baronetcy of l>eros by the death of his cousin ; the baronetcy is the oldest in England. Heavy fighting is still going on on the Indian Frontier, Major R. D. Jennings of the Gordon Highlanders and nine others were killed and 5,'J were wounded in a recent engagement. The public debt of New South Wa'os at the end of June was 61 millions. Chief Detective Henderson formerly of Dunedin and now in Christchurch has been abked to send in his resignation. Friday, October 22. Mr. Reeves, Agent-General in London is conferring with dock and shipping companies for the erection of cold storage in London for New Zealand frozen meat ant 1 produce. Miss. Maud McCartney of Sydney, violinist, played before the Queen who presented her with a jewelled pendant in recognition of her talents. Mutton, fine quality, is at 20s on the London market ; medium, 18s. A disappointed office-seeker attempted the life of Sir Wilfred Laurier, Premier of Canada. There is a wild rush to the new discovery at Kanowna, Kalgoorlie ; two men obtained (550z. as the result of two days' work. Labour organisations on the Continent have contributed £2400 to the engineers strike fund. Stoddart's English cricket team arrived in Adelaide on October 21 in splendid health. New arrivals in New Zealand for September were 1401) and departures 938. A Canterbury company has been formed to work the asbestos deposits in the vicinity of Mount Arthur, Nelson ; English experts pronounce the asbestos to be of a first-class quality, Rain during the week has been pretty general throughout the Colony. Advices from the West Coast and the Otago goldiields tell us that all the rivers are in flood. Saturday, October 23. The English wheat market is quiet and steady. Bradford wool market has a downward tendancy. The rebellion in the Phillipine islands is spreading ; 18 Spanish soldiers were killed in a recent encounter ; a large number of armed convicts have joined the

rebels. The Lucknow management have engaged 60 Bendigo miners to replace the strikers. The Waimakariri River is in high flood ; it is feared that the Kaiapoi Harbour Board's dredging plant has been carried out to sea and sunk. The Molyneux is 17 feet above its ordinary level at the Beamont bridge, and a big flood is feared. Mining on the old Switzer'a gold field is looking up. Several claims have been applied for and two dredges are being erected on the Waikaia River. The Hillside Railway Workshops, Dunedin, are to be considerably enlarged ; the estimated cost of the work is £4000. Members of the Dunedin Stock Exchange are not favourably impressed with the proposed new Mining Bill. The electrical cab has made its appearance in London, and in the opinion of experts it has come to stay ; the brake power is such that the driver has the vehicle more under control than he would in the case of horses. Tho Hon. J. G. Ward will apply for his discharge at the sitting of the District Court in Invercargill on the sth of November. Monday, October 25. The prospects of a good crop in N.S.W. are less reassuring ; in the Goulbourn Valley and the Western districts they are withering ; several Victorian farmers are leaving their holdings and taking up land in Queensland. A cyclone in the Phillipine Islands devastated the island of Leyte ; the loss of life is estimated at 1000, and property to the extent of seven and a-half millions of francs was destroyed. Westport exported 4829 tons of coal last week, and Greymouth 2679 tons and 296,393 ft. of timber. Tuesday, October 26. A German firm has offered to supply dynamite at half the present cost in Johannesburg. Twenty-eight persons lost their lives through the express train from Buffalo to New York falling into the Hudson River. Canterbury mutton is quoted at 3Jd per lb ; Dunedin and Southland 3d ; North Island 2} Jd ; lamb : Canterbury 3Jd, and Otago and Southland 3-Jd per lb. The Appeal Court here decided that the Hon. Mr. Ward is entitled to the Awarua seat. Tho weather in the interior of Otago is still unsettled, and the rivers are all in high flood ; no damage has as yet occurred. In Dunedin it has been raining almost incessantly for a fortnight. Wednesday, October 27. Wheat at Mark Lane is 9d dearer than last week. The French Chamber of Deputies has been asked to vote 1 7 millions of francs for a military establishment at Madagascar. N.S.W. miners have passed a resolution granting assistance to the engineering strikers. Fighting on the Indian frontier still continues ; the enemy at Sempaghoare being reinforced daily, and a stubborn resistance to the British advance is expected.