GENERAL NEWS.

Hastings Standard, Issue 479, 18 November 1897, Page 3

GENERAL NEWS.

(IVr Press Association.— t'<>pyriyht.)

London - , Nov. 16. The trouble which arose with the carriers attached to Colonel H. B. Northcott's expedition to the Gold Coast hinterland has been settled. The demand of the natives has been conceded and the expedition resumed its journey. Nov. 17. The boilermakers of London who recently struck work against the advice of the Boilermakers' Association, who refused to grant strike pay, have returned to work. Cairo, Nov. 17. The Egyptian Government has proposed a modification of the Powers of the Mixed Tribunals, with the view of largely reducing the present control of the Egyptiau police. The authorities have instituted proceedings against the editor of the Saika, a native newspaper in Cairo, for expressing the hope that the British flag will be speedily hoisted in Egypt. Berlin, Nov. 17. The German squadron at Kaisong Bay, China, from which a force landed for the purpose of demanding redress for the murder of missionaries, consists of the battleship Kaiser, two second-class cruisers and one thirdclass cruiser, the number of men being 1642. Constantinople, Nov. 17 It is expected the Sultan will uotyield to the Austrian demand in connection with the Mercina trouble until the last moment. Paris, Nov. 17. Speaking in the French Chamber of Deputies, General Billot, Minister of War, stated he would institute enquiries into the statement made by the brother of Captain Drefus, who was exiled from France, charging Count Esterhefy, commandant of the Artillery forces, with being concerned in the authorship of the incriminating document produced against Drefus at his trial. Sydney, Nov. 17. Recently an unknown man was murdared in Kent, England, wearing clothes which bore a Sydney tailor's name. The clothes reached here today and have been indentified as having been made for a man named Anderson. The Postmaster-General, replying to a deputation from the Chamber of Commerce, agreed to use his influence to get the New Zealand Government to reconsider its decision not to grant the use of the Tutanekai to repair the Noumea cable, which broke a short IIDI6 b&ckt The Full Court upheld the A.M.P. Society's appeal against the income tax assessment. Melboiene, Nov. 17. In the Legislative Assembly Sir George Turner introduced the CharHe estimated the revenue from the tax on sports and other sources will total £283,000, or £50,000 more than the present charities revenue. Hobart, Nov. 17. In the Legislative Assembly Mr Inglis Clark announced thai he was leader of the Opposition. He has a considerable following, though some members of the party hold aloof.