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... LADYSMITH SURROUNDED BY THE ENEMY. OBSERVATIONS BALLOON. There wae at the beginning of the week pause he active operation* in Natal —the lull whicn, lb« penal correspondent at Ladysmith observed, mght possibly precede a storm. The Boer orces, under the chief command of General lubert, and estimated at from 15,000 to 18.000 •leu, including commandos from the Free •»»te. were closing round ...

... The Time* special correspondent at Cape Town, telegraphing on Sunday night, said news has been received there that our outposts at Ladysmith were lighting the Boers on Sunday. He adds that President Kroger is believed to be at Glencoe. ...

... The special correspondent of the Standard Ladysmith telegraphed on Monday that the enemy had succeeded in capturing 1500 mules, loss that will seriously inconvenience our transport. “CXSCaiPCLOCS SPECULATORS. * According ooire*pondent at irhan. General Sir George White haa received the following tueaflife telegraph from General Jonbert; ** Muat express sympathy. Byu»ona unfortunately badly ...

... At Washington importance is increasingly attached to the forthcoming cruise of the United States South Atlantic Squadron which Rear- Admiral Schley takes to sea on November 14th, and there seems to be an air of great mystery surround- ing the prospective movements of the squadron. The officials of the Navy Department, while declar- ing that they have no information to communicate on the ...

... The Montreal liner Iona, of Dundee, is under orders to proceed direct from the Tyne to Naples to take aboard 1.200 mules for Capetown. According to the New York; Tribune, it is estimated that the bicycle sidepaths to be erected in the various counties of Pennsylvania will cost 400 dollars a mile. The paths are to be raised twelve to eighteen inches above the road level. The minimum width must ...

... NARROW ESCAPE OF AN EXPRESS. As the Irish mail from Holyhead to London drawn by two engines, was running into Crewe station on Saturday the axle of one of the front wheels of the second locomotive snapped, and the wheel ran off the line. The permanent way was damaged by the mishap, but no one was hurt. Traffic also was not seriously delayed. The 2.45 p.m. Great Westefrn express, Swansea to ...

... Ted Butcher, thirteen years old, living at Twer- ton, near Bath, was charged at Weston (Bath) on Saturday with maliciously wounding Richard Stephenson, headmaster of East Twerton Board School, with intent to do grievous bodily harm. It was alleged that Butcher, a pupil at evening continuation classes, was misbehaving himself and refused to leave the room when requested. As Mr. Stephenson ...

... Dr. Burns, ex-medical officer of an important parish of the Sunderland Poor Law Union, which office he was requested to resign a week ago as the result of a Local Government Board inquiry into certain charges of drunkenness and neglect against him, was found dead in his surgery on Tuesday night. He had been dead some consider- able time, and all signs pointed to his having poisoned himself. ...

... MJPN OF TRE OURJEI AT' ]3AWGR. Thle adnnual collegriate menetig of the Cort;o the University of Wales asheld on Thursday in the Library UaIll of the Universitly O~ollege at '3anigoe. 1er. ldnard Owen~, the Seior Deputy Cacellor, ,presided over a large asdanes, 'wIhicih included the ?? Chacellor (Prin- iabl PReic3hel), fohe Deputy C~hancellor (the Hion. (4. T. Kenyon), the tresurer (Si James ...

... TWO BATTALIONS SURRENDER. SIP, GEORGE WHITER DESPATCH. The following despatch has been issued by the War Office:- From the General Officer Commanding, Natal, To the Secretary of State for War. (Received October 31st, 4.47 a.m.) Ladysmith, October 30th, 11.35 p.m. I have to report a disaster to a column sent by me to take a position on hill to guard the left flank of the troops in these ...

... On Monday the foundation stone of the first municipal crematorium in England was laid at Hull by the chairman of the Burial Committee of the Hull Corporation. The building is at Hedon Road Cemetery, and will, it is estimated, cost £ 3,168. The Hull Corporation obtained the necessary powers to do this by their private Act of 1897. ...