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BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. —COPYRIGHT.] Further Gifts from Carnegie. New York, March 17. Andrew Carnegie has given one million sterling to the New York libraries, and £200,000 to the St Louis libraries, American Steel Trust. The American Steel Trust has purchased the American rights of Nephan Ferguson’s patent process for iron pipe making. Ferguson is a well known Australian engineer, and has the pipe contract for the Coolgardio water supply scheme. Russian Minister of Education Shot. St Petersburg, March 10. A student amongst a group of petitioners who waited upon M. liogolepoff, Russian Minister of Education, at St Petersburg, shot Bognlcpoff, who succumod yesterday after suffering a week. Canada’s Representative of the Commonwealth, Mulock, Postmaster General of Canada, is a passenger in the Himalaya for Australia. Belleville Boilers. Sixty-five British war-ships are filled up with Belleville boilers. America and Cuba.
Washiogton, March 17. The Foreign Relations Committee has reported against American. Senates amendments, defining relations whir Cuba. Troopa for South fifrica. London, March 17. Three thousand four hundred troops sailed for South Africa on Saturday. Students Roar in Moscow. St Petersburg Marou 17 Moscow is in a state of siege owing to serious students workmens riots. Roberts may visit Australia. Received this day, 8 42 a m. London, March 17. Roberts in acknowledging the presentation of an album by the Sunbeam Society of Adelaide, remarked that be would visit Australia as soon as circumstances permitted. Wolseley and the Army Reform. Wolseley complained that he had repeatedly and unavailingly reported to Lansdownc that it was cruel if not erimina l , to send auxiliary forces into action with obsolutc useless guns. Lansdowne replied that he must first supply the needs of the regulars.
Inter-imperial Tariff. Ottawa, March 10,
Mr. Muloch, Canadian PostmasterGeneral is authorised to confer, during his visit in connection with the opening of the Federal Parliament, with the Commonwealth Government in reference to an inter-colonial inter-imperial tariff.
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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 18 March 1901, Page 3
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