... LANRWALASKAN GOLDFlELD.. Rich Finds at Cape Naome. Xs . (mnozrorUR OWVxYciRESPOSnDNT.) AfteVictoria, Britist Columbia, July 15. After some months of suspense, full confirma- tion of the rumours of very rich deposits of gold ?? Nome, Alaska, was received t-day 'by the 'steainec Alliance, which has just arrived from St AMicihacl's with over two hundred passengers and about 100,000 ?? in dust and ...

... t TAXATION- OF LAND VALUES. c Benburb House, Lenaie, OJ Sir,-Again I say in the name of the prophet, r, FigsI Two and a half columns more of trifling! ti It is well to be a learned professor. Prestige will tt ward off charges of puerility. 'There is no bold ci doematism like that which Professor Smart's e p~pil, Professor Todd, uttered in this philosophic that the Town Council in passing ...

... THE OiLD MAIL COACH.' 'I Co% MATTER FROM YOFFAT. e: p WAY BILL. V Ist stage . Enter Mail Coach. Id rj ae . Mail Coach Catastro li phes: Lost in the 'Is Snow. tr ?? . .Mail Coach Catastro- ti phes: The Broken Bridge. 4th stage . . Mail Coach Roads. 'h Strr ' Mail Coach High-Water 5th Stage Mark. t 5th Stage . Exit Mail Coach. tp S11t, PAOEJ-'L4IL COACH CATAS 'p 1,1 LE-IE BROKEN BRIDGE. tt . o ...

... - I -THE JOINT INQUIRY PROPOSAL. THE BOER REPLY. (=MRa s BTtorGrAm.) Pretoria, August 14. President Kruger, with the State Secretary, thse Etate Attorney, and the Foreign Sec:'cti-5!. s5p'll thre- hours privately at the telegraph ?? yes- terday. It is expected that the reply to -Mr Chamberlban's proposal for a joint inquiry wvill be clespatched to day. PEFENCE PREPARATIONS IN NATAL. (russ ...

... CONDITION OF THE BRITISH1 CROPS. Tho serornd of the ' Times special reports i; oa the British farnms crops for the present season indicates a moderate imaprovement during the I yast month, hops having made a considerablea Ka$2 oi condition. Root crops and grass land, h11twever, have surther depreciated. The informa:, ton has been obtained from numerous farming circespoodelts in1 every county ...

... Oat -. -a-IV 14itralb, FRIDAY, AtrCST 25| Speaking at the PrimroseLeague Demonstra- cion at Lecens Hall, Kendal, yesterday, Sir John Gorst said we would never make any real progrcss in education until the parents of Aliildren took an intelligent interest in educa- Ion. Cornparing the foreign and English systens of education,hle said there was nothing in the foreign system of education more re- ...

... MP GEIAID BALFOUTy oR I CO-OPERATION. Mr Gerald Balfour, M.P., yesterday Oeze-e the Labour Association Exhibition of Gd, produced in co-operative- or habour ooparst-jr vworkshops, which is being held this waeek a the Crystal Palace. The ceremony was largel7 attended, and among those present were Earl of Stamford, Lord Monteagle, Lord Pi ket, Mr George Jacob Holycakse, tc. Mr IL 'son, M.P., ...

... OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENCEI I _ _ W . I 65 FLEET STREET, Tuesday Night. POLITICAL SAYINIS AND DOINCS. All along, Glasgow has been the 2 home of the Single Taxer, Land Restorer, 1 Henry Georgeite, or whatever he may ulti- r mately style himself. His fame is not on the t wane, but as yet he is not a general favourite in the west-end of the large cities. Till t recently he was shunned by the ...

... THIR 10 HZPAL Brts oeeibwver, redy and s, I~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~nsie TheSV Indar aoer,6 -zil o frr I~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~s lsrg a cotrg n as SSItoe'mesbo I~ ~ ~ ~ ?? he aar eernsa i MP. CHAMBERLAIt3L~ TO THIE BOERS Th.a Proposed Joint Inquiry the Alternative Propos a, ASSOCiATIox pQAL} Pretoria k vunderstn o godaihry tt30- political position is as follow0 I, that t. seo the Transval Govern tent 'a ...

... THE. WEATHER. sEXTRAORDINARY EFFECTS OF HEAT WAVE. Statistics from London. The weather in London yesterday was again of a tropical character, though in the earlier hours I a refreshing breeze was felt, and the temperature a was a trifle lower. In the afternoon most pople 'n 20 again complained of the heat, but there were fewer cases of illness. At ten o'clock in the even- ing a few drops of ...

... TIE VENEZUELA ARBITRATION COMMESSION. (E|AdTER'S TLSCRAM.) Paris, August 26. At to-days sitting of the Venezuelan Arbitra- tion Tribunal, Mr R. Soley, continuing his argu- .menat for Venezuela, dealt with an agreement or understanding arrived at between the British and Venezuelan Governments in 1850. He argued that the boundaries of each country, as far as their furthest claim went, must ...

... I OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENCE 65 FLEET STrzn; i Friday Night. POLITICAL SAYINC3 AND DOINaS. Every day makes it clearer that the central point of the South African im- broegio is not the concessions which Mr Kruger 4 is prepared to offer, but the guarantees which:: the Boer Government will give that those con- cessions will be bonourably carried out. It is i also certain that the revival by Mr ...