... I TRANSTAAL CRISIS. J [t I ft THE PRESENT POSiTON. to I PORTUGAL AND THE DETAINED WAR STORES. Pretoria, Thursday.-The accounts of the new in developments in the situation published in the Ly local press coincide with the particulars con- _ tained in my telegram of yesterday. The sunm- mary of the recent negotiations which appesre 1e in the Standard and Diggers' News' practi- tg caly ...

... A tramp who arrived at Barry on Thursday asked to be disinfected, as his clothes were verminous. At the meeting of the Health Committee in the evening Dr. N-eale said the Act provided that anyone could make that claim, and it was decided to give.the man a bath,at the Infectious Diseases Hospital, and meanwhile to disinfect his clothing. ...

... WEST INDIAN HORROR AWFUL EFFECTS OF THE HURRICANE. Mail advices just received by the West India Company from the West Indies give harrowing tales of the suffering and damage done by the recent hurricane. Nothing like it can be recalled by the oldest colonists since the great disaster of 1871. Its effects upon the islands, the St. Kitt's Advertiser states, might, without exaggeration, be ...

... Agricultural Show,-The first show was held on a ffeld kindly lent by Mr J. Mathias, butcher, There were 300 entries, which reflects great credit 011 the hgn. sec. (Mr R. T. Jones) and committee. ...

... MR 1x. B. HALDANE, M.P., ON SCOTTISH EDUCATION. Mr R. B. Haldane, Q.C., ?? addressed a meeting of his constituents last night in the Public School, Garvald. The Rev. D. A. Beattie, Free Church, presided over a small gathering. Mr Haldane, referring to important Parlia- mentary questions which related to Scotland, said there were friends who said the time had come for raising great ...

... TIHE DEGENERATES. A PLAY IN WHICH THE GLASS IS HELD UP TO NATURE. Our Loudon correspondent telegraphs:- The audience which assembled on Thursday hi evening at the Haymarket Theatre to witnessd Mrs. Langtry's return to the stage was a pro-t fessional and not a fashionable one. Actors tb and actresses were present in numbers. Pro- at mineut members of the turf, including so tii - great a star ...

... TO THE EDITOR. Sir,—It may be that the position of the Vicar of St. Mary's, his uprightness, his conscientious and loyal adherence to the principles he pro- fesses are too well known to- need any reply to the letter of Synthesis, but 1 am unable to restrain my righteous indignation at an attack unjustifieble and unwarranted on one who has made himself beloved and revered as has the Rev. G. A. ...

... At the Cardiff Town Hall on Thursday Mr Llewellyn Reece, deputy coroner, investigated the circumstances of three fatal accidents, which occurred at Cardiff this week. The first inquest concerned the death of John Palmer (55), who re- sided at Cornelius-street, Cardiff, who was employed as gas-stove cleaner at the Dowlais Works, Cardiff. Joseph Pople, a blast furnace- man at the works, said he ...

... On Thursday the body of John Lewis (40), refrigerator attendant at Messrs Palethorpe's Sausage Factory, Tipton, was found standing erect in ordinary clothes in the Birmingham Canal at Tipton. Deceased left home ostensibly to have a bathe, but :it is thought he altered his mind and committed suicide by jumping into the water. His wife states that he has recently several times threatened to ...

... PGMSONAL NEWS. The Duke, of York, after spending several days Tthl tle Marquia of Rlipon, and subsequesitlY 11 days with the Duke of Devorshire, hua loft York. ,hire for Scotland.. His Royal Hlighness, who has had Some excellent sport on the Yorkshire grouse moors, will inl Scotland 'engage in salnmon' fishing, being the guest of Mr. and Mrs. ArthurSESwoon', who have been at Bolton Abbey. The ...

... - L AND COUNTESS vgB EABLAD tOF SSHAFTESBURY. \1f&T1lN FRO1 THE CARRICK- P EB'iUS TiENANTRY. ~1 1vC.~1togN AT BELFAST CASTLE. a *onec~s~rincr O 61the liarl and countess of o .Dt't) Beitt Castle wvas taken advaut- ?? , ris Lo rtlsi.~'s Carrickfergus 'tenantry h ' ?? the upon his recent marriage t Earl a*ld Countess on their i . . ...

... THE AUSTRALIANS' TOUR. THIRTY-FOURTH MATCH.—v. MR THORNTON'S XI. CAREFUL PLAY BY THE CORNSTALKS, Scarborough, Thursday.—Following the showers of yesterday, the weather to-day was fine but breezy, and suggestive of wet if the wind fell. For the chief match of the festival Mr Thornton got together a powerful scratch side. The Australians left out Hill and Worrall. Stauley Jackson captained the ...