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... Points of Agreceitict. TaI news from Pretoria is some- whbt conflicting, but on the whole the drift of it appears to be XT ._ A - 1..1 11-.- .. _ - __ __ favourable. No doubt there are two opinions among the Boers-a fact which explains the contradictory nature of tho rumolars in ques- tion. Some wi]l object strongly to Mr. Chaum- berlain's lropos01 for a joint inquiry iuto the Frauzhise Law on ...

... I RAILWAY SMAS[ IN F'lSANCE. I - -- - ?? EXPIESS TRAINS IN COLISBION. FIFTY MillES AN HOfUR. 17 KILLED) 7.3 NJURIED. CAUSE OF ?? ACCIDENT. (FmnO2 oM COLt1rEPONDENT) PARIS, Sunday Night. A terrible railway collixion occurred l It± l::st ?? at Juvisy, about eighteenl1 Ileos fronI here. it is thought to havO bel dure to tihe terrific storm h:aving thrown a signal-post nill to the li10(. Th1e ...

... THE TRAN-SVAAL CRISIS. AFRIKAN.DER. PEACE COUNSELS. BITS11 TRHOOPS FOR LAING'S NEK I It (fECTEl 8 SPEotr. stur>IC.) t CAPETOWN, AugmLt 12}.I A meeting of the Afrikander leaderswas hlld here yesterd:ay. It is stated on good authority . that the Aieeting decidid to urge the ncoep- tance by the Trnnsvaal of the Joint Commission t of Inquiry. According to a Durban telegram, the Liver- pool ...

... IMPORTANT DEMONSTRATIONS. ON Sunday afternoon, under the auspices of the London. Trades Council, a' great labour de-monstration was held in Hyde Park, to demand better housing accommo- dation and secnrity from starvation or pau- paei taint in old' old age for the 'working-class -population of England. A proession num- bering..some: thousands assembled on the Thames -Embankment early in ...

... | .MINERS KILLED AND INJURED. A. terrible gas explosion occurred on Thursday in the Hope tavern, Netherton, near Dudley, a place much frequented by minors. The whole of the building was demolished, and John and James Devonport, father and son, two colliers, lost their lives, their bodies not being recovered from the dibrisnutil two hours after the explosion, which happened at 11 o'clock at ...

... RyYFUS'S eJUDGES. THEi SECRET DOSSIER UNMASKED. EsBjERAL MERCIER SAYS 5T OFFICER LIES. rrZTI'' sSPECIAL rSEVICE.] rNyES, ?? the court- FiNirEqlisd this morning M. Bertil ft Avhoibad Occlpied the greater part day 5 sittie, rs~appeared on the wit a' his packets and port- J *- joln ng the masasof photograpbs, fe~i55 sntii! .d doeammente acemulated d~~iwing5 anlborate tests durirlg the pi gr555 of ...

... 'While during this spell of dry weather the ordinary citizen is troubled by the water question, the anrler is doubly aficted, since with him it is just now a worm and water cuestion. If the stock water is low the stork of worms is lower, and the fish are gaping for the bait that comes not, for a worm fauine has set in. The ceutre of the worm trade is N otting-ham,.whosefanious lobs, ...

... FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF PEYACE. Some interesting experimietnts are in progress at the Governimenit Sc11ocI of Gunnery at Shoeburyness, the most important of which relate to the systematic testing of the new automatic sight for determining the elevation of guns without recourse to the usual method offiring trial shots to discover the correct distance. There has also just been completed a series ...

... FOURTH EDITION. O-NAV FND OF THE NAVAL MANCEUVRES. \ IRLIiS 'IELEGRAPIHY AGAIN. VonOtn OWNv tiiI5PNFN NO sl x Iiu rsdiiy. -Oni Satitrllay afterntoon, wh'lile ly ...

... JUDGING from1 letters I have lately received, it would seeln that a good many of your readers think there is something wrong or illiberal in the view of racial characteristics taken in these Notes a fortnight ago. One of mly correspondents assures mne that all men are equal, aud that the negro, -with equal advantages4 is in no way inferior to the European. I say nothing about inferiority, but ...

... I AN INTERESTING POINTr. d lames D. Wknoodrlinn, a hackney carriage driver living in Hackney, was )r IsumIllolled by Mr. Leslie de (;rii3yther, a gentleman residing at 43, Nevern- :h square, Kensington, at WVest London police-court yesterday for demanding more than his legal tare. I he complainant said he hired the defendant's four-wheeler at Paddington railway station to convey a bicycle and ...