General News.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 98, 19 January 1901, Page 2

General News.

Mr Mulholland, the American millionaire, has invited Mr Kruger to visit and lecture in America.

The Cape Cyclists’ Corps, numbering 300. which fights like mounted infantry, is proving a most useful force.

Mr Alfred Vanderbilt has married Miss Elsie French, of Newport. The bridegroom settled three-quarters of a million pounds on the bride.

All Russians in the province of Chi Li have been ordered to Manchuria, except 1000 intended to guard the Legations at Fekin and the Shaihanwau railway. Returns of the Registrar General’s office show that 2785 persons arrived m the colony and 1576 left last month, as against 2200 a: d 1236 respectively in December, 1899.

The North' Sligo Executive of tha United Irish League has stopped all hunting in Sligo until Colonel Campbell,. tho master of the hunt, reinstates his evicted tenants. Rear-Admiral Beaumont has arrived in Adelaide. His promotion to ViceAdmiral is due in two years, which will probably be the length of his service on the Australian Station.

The Rev Charles Sheldon is preaching a new crusade at Topeka in favour of mistresses treating their servants on an equality with daughters. During his address thirty ladies rose and strenuously protested.

The Melbourne Government has cabled that 100 young men have offered to join Tullibardine’s Scotch Horse, The Government take no responsibility ,in the matter bevond undertaking the medical examination. Dr Pupin of the Columbia University, flew York, claims to have solved the problem of oceau telephony, enabling communication to be made between San Francisco and London. He adffnts that the method is enormously expensive.

A Nihilist, Prince Nakachiue, has been arrested at Nice. Documents found at his residence in Paris showed that he was connected with the plot to assassinate the Czar if he visited Niie. Other accounts -declare that Prn ce Nakachiue is a swindler.

Sir Alfred Milner has cabled to (he Acting-Premier that Lieut. Keddclt, of the Fourth Contingent, was wounded, in the left arm at Ocatersdorp a few days ago. The wouud is uoi; dangerous. Lieutenant Keddell is a sou of Major Keddell, S. M.

At a banquet in Sydney, Mr Seddon stated that he was endeavouring to arrange for a direct steam serv cs between Queensland and New Zealand. Mr Philip, in replying, said that if the request for 10,000 troops, referred to impress cables, was correct, hu Stats would contribute i s quota, We have received reprints of letteis written by Mr H. G. Ell, M.H.R., to the Lytteltown Times on such subjectsas Homes for Inebriates, and on the proposed appointment to the Legislative Council of Messrs Moss ai d Laurinson. One of the subjects at La t is of very great importance, and wo may find space later to deal with ?ha subject fully.

A riot between South Sea Islanders and Manila men occurred at Thursday Island. The former attacked the latter with sticks and stones. It is reported that one of the South boa Islanders was killed, and several are in a precarious condition. The islanders afterwards wrecked a jeweller's shop. The military are in readiness in case of a further outbreak.

The stewards of the "Wellington Racing Club, have determined to cut the telegraph communication off from the course at the meeting next week. The Hon J, G. Ward now says that the Department having established the service, which is used by the public and newspapers, be will take steps to have communication with the course maintained.

Fifteen hundred applications hive been received in Sydney for the new contingent for South Africa. Captain Cox, who has just returned by tha Orient, has offered his services. The Victorian force will consist of 504 officers and men. Colonel Toni Pries has again offered his services. The South Australian contingent will comprise 240 offic rs and men. Messrs Black and Stumbles, says the Morning Post, have driven the firs* row of temporary scaffolding piles at the sea end of the tram line, and have started the second. The driving u easy through the shingle, but below that the old conciete blocks of the protective works are met with, and sometimes the pile goes down less than an inch to the blow. The shingle at the end .of the tram line-is being banked op, and by Saturday the lin» will most probably reach the sea.

We have receivedfr om Mr Thom** Holloway, of Holloway’s Tills and Ointment fame, a copy of bis 1901 Almanac. It is in pamphlet form, and beside the calendar contains postal information, illustrated letterpress regarding various, British* possessions throughout the world, the dates of th* chief events of the war in South Africa, and a great variety of other interesting matter, and medical advice. We a! B ® received several of a series of fiftf cards giving a pictorial history of the sports and pastimes of all nation?' The complete set will be sent post f te» to any address for five penny start# on application to- 70, Now Oxford WiC., London*

Alfred Milner has cabled that e Orient will convey the Victorian ♦Contingent to.&o ith Africa. Pan Germans, who favor annexation to Germany, won 21 seats instead of five in the new Austrian. Parliament. Ultramontanes and anti-Semites wero badly beaten at the elections. A serious crisis is anticipated. In a large store in Pretoria a hundred tons of gifts for soldiers are lying undelivered. A portion are addressed to individual soldiers by their friends, and there are many large cases sent out by public bodies and commanding officers of regiments for the use of. the men. The gifts began to accumulate in Capetown in February, were subsequently removed to Durban, and are now in Pretoria. Home of the addresses are dead, and others have gone Home. The deliveries were few, and the majority of the gifts never reached their destination.

Synopsis of Sew Advertisements. Slmckleton and Grant: First sale of new century. Borough Council: Declaration of .poll on rating of unimproved value, Jubilee Singers : One night onlyD. A. Buckingham: Slaughtering licence application.