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London, July 24." Details of the relief of Kumassi -.show that Golonel Willcooks deceived the Ashantis in regard to his route. Ha"d fighting took "place on the 14th and 15fch at Yaruba. Native soldiers gallantly stormed the tribesmen's stockades with the bayonet, and destroyed ifche Ashanti camp. Many of the Kumassi garrison were so enfeebled •when relieved that they had to be removed in hammocks. During the siege of Kumassi 1000 of the besieged died of starvation and disease, 1000 fled, and 300 k>l those accompanying Colonel Hodgson were killed. In the House of Commons the supplementary estimates, totalling jg11 ,600,000 on account of the ■wars in Africa and China, ■were submitted. There is public uneasiness in England, owing to the excessive purchases of British smokeless coal tjy France and Russia. Severe heat has caused the rails to spread, resulting in several trains in London and the provinces being derailed.
Perth, July 25. During a violent gale at Hamelin, Sunday, the barques, Norfaester, "Levespring and Klntinka, were driven ashore. The mate and four seamen of the Kintinka wero -drowned- Miles of telegraph lines were destroyed.
Port Darwin, July 25. Tvan Eggoreffe, engineer of the launch Wunyullah, has been picked up in a drifting dingy at sea. He states that he and another European named Larsen, and three blacks formed the crew of the launch. The blacks wounded him with a tomahawk and threw him overboard. He managed to get ashore and found the dingy, but the launch had disappeared. He believed the blacks had murdered Lar£*n. The police are searching.
Sydney, July 25. The Empress of India sprung a leak. A heavy sea smashed the -wheel vthen the vessel was coming into harbour, and she drifted ashore. The survivors clung to a boat till rescued by the pilot boat. The Empress of India is a total wreck. The vessel is insured in the National Insurance Company of New Zealand for
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 24, 28 July 1900, Page 3
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