Telegraphic

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume II, Issue 97, 18 January 1900, Page 4

Telegraphic

Calcutta, Jan. 14. 1 In consequence" of the famine a 3,250,000 natives are being fed by! the Go\ernnienb. Jl

Paris, Jan. 14. i * M. Zola has b^en presented with,! a go d rued U weighing s^-lbs for h:& \ eltorts en beh< If ot Dreams. ;

Sydney, Jan. 15.. j South Australia has acquiesced , in Mi' Lyne's proposal for a ifedesal! Conference. Invitations have been \ sent to Victoria and Tasmania. \ Despite Victoria's action a con-" ference of Premiers to discuss Mi 1 Chamberlain's suggestion for a| Federal Delegation to London, •will I be held in Queensland, - \

Jan. 16. The Premiers' conference to deal with the appointment of a federal , delegation to the Imperial Parliament meets on 'J uesday. The status and salaries of State governors Fill aiso be discussed.

Adelaide, Jan. -16. Sing, an Indian baN\ ker, has been executed for the minder of a fellow countryman.

St. Peterseueg, Jan. 10. The Czar, in a rescript, eulogises Count Mura\iefi, Kussian JUinister for foreign Aflaus, lor services rendered to promote the contmuoua policj of peace.

Melbourne, Jan. Is. The Premier states that he had nu motive in appoiuung MrDeakm beyond sec tn ing ilie besi lijuii, cji George 'i urner tavouis a joiufc deh,gUUUU COHbI&UDg Oi iUfcfcfc.lS-l>iirtOU. Ueukm and Kingston. The Association for the Advancemen fc of Science passed resoiutions urging colonial Covernments io draw the attention of municipalities to the widespread existence of ! tuberculosis, to take steps to -regulate the meat and milk supply aad [to disinfect houses .where - cases (have occurred.

Brisbane, Jan. 15, * The captain- and crew ot" th^ wrecked suatuer t^ueeh Christina ha\e armed ac TownsViiie. /Fbffl believe the vessel iviii become^ a total wreck. - • ' '-,",*

A mother of tains one nip'at h'arjjf* . ter es of -giggle- proceeding- from -the neiglil o irhoou of Uie cuitti cii's Eed, -. " WbttTare aou laughing a' tbst'e' ?" *'fchs> stiid. "Oli, yotbi'ig," > ep ied Kdiili, one of the tw ns, " oujy jou have, giveo . me two baths and *Jioa njn« at niy 1 . ;i ; i