... are quite confident of maintaining their position against any infantry in the world. Tho doctor found among the Boers many speaking English. Among those serving the enemy he saw in the army, who was cashiered for misconduct, and an ex-.-.ergeant the army ...

... different plane socially from the South Island squatter who dines with the bishop when he goes to Chrisechurch, and is, so to speak, an asset of a huge limited liability pastoral company. Himself he would describe as a colonial to the backbone. The wool classer ...

... lence upon the deceased. Richard Powell, the eon of the deceased, sard, found th«* latter lying over a chair- She did not speak to him at all, called neighbour. Mr?. ledger the that “he saw the dot-eased, who had taking more than y-«* gooil for her, ...

... receive you any time you may fix. I may add, if yon need further persuasion, that 1 have much to (consult you alHXit, much to speak of, whereon I feel your advice will invaluable Now that must mean,” quoth the major himself, hiking his cigar from his lips ...

... been all in full wo . and have been pttting in overtime. The prospects for 1900 look favourable, but it was impoesible to speak with | any degree of positiveness amid such unsettled con- ditions as prevailed to-day, commercially and poli- tically. So ...

... proceedings is the arrest of an atLorney, Vermooten by name, on a charge of high treason. ' We makle no Vretetice, of course. to speak on tihe mnerits of thc case. But it' shows theat the authorities are not afraid to act, and thalt is the main point whenl a ...

... some of them under- take to find their own horses. WELLINGTON, Dec. 30. The Right Hon. R. J. Seddon, Premier of New Zealand, speaking at Westland on the Transvaal War, said that the people of New Zealand were determined that the prestige of the British Empire ...

... source the plague bacillus may original being it cannot Ibe disputed that insanitary conditions in populous centres are, so to speak, a forcing-house for its the North-West Provinces and Oude have escaped contagion during the recent recrudescence of the pest ...

... lay try followed try with remark- able regulanty, and the fact that Chelten- ham crossed their opponents’ line eight times, speaks volumes for the brilliancy of thei attack. . 4 It was indeed a remarkable game, and even the most sanguine Cheltonian could ...

... looked in astonishment upon the valet, who simply re- plied, I saw your gr.ico put it there. What! Then why didn't you speak at once, and avoid all this unpleasant feeling? I d-idna ken what might hao been your grace's intentions, was the discreet ...

... stated that she was with her husband the urovious Wednesday morning. She found the deceased in the lavatory; did not move or speak, and she came the conclusion that was dead. had suffered from rheumatic gout and fever. Edward Musker, who was called the last ...

... that for over three years this woman never omitted to visit her child, nothing being left undene for its comfort. This to e speaks Irohmu.—?;ithfully yowrs, C. BASSETT. ...