MISCELLANEOUS.

Waikato Argus, Volume XI, Issue 1009, 30 July 1901, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS.

THE MAD MULLAH AGAIN. ■ London July 29. The Mad Mullah’s forces were defeated on the 17th, losing 70. Thirteen British were killed and 21 wounded. A MEDICAL CONGRESS. ' London July 27. At the Tuberculosis Congress Herr Virchow and Henbrew, the German scientists, agree that tuberculosis is not hereditary, but they dissent from the theory that bovine tuberculosis is not transmissible to human beings. A BEER BILL WITHDRAWN. London July 29, In the of House of Commons Guitler’s Pure Beer Bill has been withdrawn, having been blocked in committee. THE KING’S TITLE. London, July 29. Canada, Natal. Cape Colony, and Newfoundland supported the extension of the King’s title, but the Hon. J. Chamberlain suggested that they should not specify and particular colony.

IRON STRIKE ENDED. London, July 29,

There are peristent reports in New York that the iron strike has ended the basis being a compromise between the interested parties.

ITALIAN EX-PREMIER. Rome, July 29. Crispi, the ex-Italian Premier, is in a critical state of health.

ANOTHER ALPINE FATALITY. Lon don, July 28. Mr Arthur Davies, of Croydon, “ shipowner, was killed in the DilberS Alps by falling 300 feet.

THE PRESBYTERIAN ASSEMBLY. Sydney, July 29

The Presbyterian Assembley sustained an overture from the New South Wales Assembly expressing sympathy with the idea of a United Evangelical Christian Church of Australia, and appointed a committee to consider the principles on which the Presbyterian Church is prepared to participate in the larger union, to report at the next Assembly.