... famine, however, as the Viceroy said in his celebrated minute, and as he repeated yesterday in the Legislative Uouucil, men, women, and children are flocking to accept relief in numbers which cause the Government serious alarm as custodians of the public ...

... there, and everywhere. CALCUTTA PORT DEFENCE VOLUNTEERS. ANXUAL CHURCH PARADE. On Sunday the three divisions of the above Corps —Naval, Artillery, and Engineers—mustered in fair strength on the maidan opposite Messrs. Johnson and Huffman's. Captain Pu:nton ...

... 1897-98. Considering what actually occurred it, j-97 98 this BOOMS a mild way of putting it. Perhaps the writer thinks th .t a police ra d after a Mashed murderer is as important au event as the irah campaign, fur a little lower down we are told that the ...

... the Women's Friendly Society Home, but endeavours to help all ladies in distressed circumstances, all over India and Burma. It has already done go od; work. The Knitting Department supplies work to women at their own tomes. Tiler° are several women who ...

... HER EXCELLENCY LADY CUMOS, ATTENDED by Captain Bakur-Carr, A. -D.-0., was present at the exhibition of :ndust ries of the Women's Friendly Society at 4-30 on Tuesday afternoon. HIS HIGHNESS THE MAHAeu.t of NAEUN iu the Punjab has come forward with a generous ...

... raised. No details were furnished with regard to the Engineers or Army Service Corps, but they wire to be increased in proportiuu with the other arms. 'l'uruiug to the Auxiliary forces, WyudLam Lankly raid that it remained to be seen whether the proposals ...

... be stronger and have more tact titan a civilian Colonel. Personally I don't see ti :at it makes any difference whether the Corps is comma del by a ni.litary or a civilian officer,provided the latter is a man of strong will and has got a good Adjutant to ...

... outside the bazar. Owing to the large number of &attic iu the vicinity of the Bader police thana temporary thana has been built _in a gachhee to north of the town, and the police staff removed thither. • Four camps have been constructed by the District Board ...

... Buffs, officiates for him. CONVICTION ON FINAL' ANDIICTOIB.—On Than day, before the Deputy Magistrate of Alipore, two Hindu women of Bothra were charged with having kidnapped an unmarried Hindu girl, aged about twelve years, from the custody of her guardians ...

... distributed about five rupees to some mothers with babies and feeble old women, and for the most part ignored the men, but the train had nu sooner started than thy fought with the women to get the money away from them, and the last I saw was two men shaking ...

... LENDER.—On the night of the 23rd instant a rich Cabuli money lender of Calcutta was found murdered in his house. A •igorous police enquiry is proceeding. 80= 4 10.-o[l Monday articles were signed for a boxing match, which will take place in one of the Calcutta ...

... willing workers than Mr. Mayes has in his charge officers. They are drawn from all sources, largely from the Staff Corps, and the Staff Corp s fficer is as fine a man at famine work as he is leading his men in the field. But there is a limit to human capacity ...