SOUTH AFRICA.

United Brest Association—By Eleotrio ODelegmph -Oopyyight

A POLICEMAN SHOT.

A BLOCKHOUSE OAFFURED

ELLIOTT'S PBIBONBRS

London, August 11 Three policeman at Pretoria, while trying to arrest a notorious Boer spy, were fired upon by the latter, who shot one snd effected his escape.

Lord Kitchener reports that a block hotiro near Brandfort was rushed and CRptared on the night of Attgust 7th, sftsif severe fighting. One of the British was killed and three were wounded,

Genera! Elliott is sending down the line seventy prisoners and a largo quantity of stock aad waggons cap tured in the district he is scouring.

A PRO-BOER OUTRAGE.

New YobKj Aagpafe 12 The transport) Mechanician was about to sail from New Orleans with tioraeg for South Africa when an Infernal machine attached to the anchor chains exploded, damaging the bows. London, Auguat 12

A patrol of the Black Watch sur rounded a farm house at Korannaberg, capturing thirteen. Laurens, the leader, who refused to surrender, was killed.

SURPRISING THE 'JOHNNIES.'

London, August 12 Several night successes were carried out recently Oolville, on the 6fch, •apprised Pretorioaa' laager, north of Wafcerval, and captured twenty. 0010 Bel Walter Kitchener captured three *t Middleburg, and Colonel Benson iwenty-Ive in the Lydenburg district, Including Botha's despatch riders. Steintckre's Horse, near the Portu guese frontier, captured thirteen, all Germans and Hollanders.

RAIDING IN CAPE COLONY.

London, Angnat 12

Kroitzmgep, with 400 men, crossed the line southward of Oonway towards Oraal Eeinefc. Other bands of Boers have broken through the cordon, and are reported to have reached Worcester CaMnia, and Willowmore

Opinions of British Leaders.

United Preaa Association— By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. London, August 12

At Blenheim on Saturday, the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough entertained 6000 Union representatives of the King' dom, aft luncheon. Mr Balfour in his speech, dealt with fcha Mdtfcl opposition and with the opposition tactics of the Irish Party, »nd the indissoluble alliance of both wings of the Unionists. i Mr Chamberlain, in a strong speech, ieolared that) the Liberal Imperialists would never extricate the remnant; of the Liberal Party from the Pro Boer and Little Englandet marsh. Lord Eosebery bad lately reeommet.ded the Imperial Liberal Association to call themselves Liberal Imperialists, but they put the word Imperialists in brackets, Implying thftt Imperialism was merely a political parenthesis. A Unionist would have noshing to do whh Imperiallem in brackets. (Cheers). After declaring that the behaviour of the Nationalists during paat sessions had rendered a redaction of the present over representation of Ireland an argent matter, Mr Chamberlain eulo gised the steadfastness of the democracy In defence of the whole Empire. When Sir Henry Campbell. Bannerman asks tor peace at any price, we will answer as Lineo'n answered a pes&lmiafc minority of Copperhead* in the north, and history would justify us as it had justified Lincoln,

CRICKET

HEAVY SCORING IN A COUNTY MATCH

London, August 12 In » orioket match Sussex v Somersetshire Buwex, In tbeir first Innings, »»£ 836, »nd Somerset 660 for eight wickets, the innings then being declared closed. Sussex, in their L icings, made 466 for one wickets- Fry not out 119, Ba«jitßingbl not out 285 (The nwtoh was drawn.

The Health Department

Wellington,, August 12 Tbe Health Department intends to insist 011 every owe of infections disease being reported, as many Instances have oome to light of persons handling and manufacturing food stuffs while suffering from such diseases. Infractions have been sent to health ofgoers to enquire into theiocideuos of eanper jn the colony, with special reference to its ftooarrenoe among the Maoris.

Qtrlog to the alleged causation of enteric fovef from eating oysters fattened in provi ts|by to sewers, careful inspection is to be tjmde of all places where oysters are kept. Oases have come under the notice of the Health Department where fruit was ripened not only in the bedrooms bub under the beds of retailers The officers intend watohlng the mutter olosely.

Mrs Bracher, an associate of the Sanitary Institute of London, has been appointed to deliver lantern lectures in the country districts on rural sanitation and hygiene generally*

Grand Juries.

MR JUSTICE CONOLLY'B COMMENTS,

AUCKLAND. AiJg 12 Mr Justice Conoliy, when charging the Grand Jury at the Supreme Court this morning, said oa the last occasion when he addressed the Grand Jury in that Court he wa« surprised at the number of cases in which they returned 'No bills,' and as in tome of then there appeared upon deposi tion* strong pirima facie evidence he could only se&ufoe that they had, in fact:, been trying the cases and returning -No Mil' whsre there appeared to be any doubt of the gat!§ of the accused person, and that he was correct in so assuming was proved by a letter which be afterwards received from one of ftha Grand Jury commenting upon what he considered to be the severity of a sentence pssieel by him (bis Honour) upon a prisoner, and slating that they had been very near throwing <HJt the bill in Ma casei It was a most improper letter, felnoa it disclosed, or at least, partially disclosed, what had passed in the Grand Jury*s room* He had always been oppouad to the aboli tioo of the Grand Juries, tn although the greater part) of their duties may be a mere matter of form, eaten will occasionally arise ju is»h ob a committal has been so obviously Wftmg that Jhe accused person should be ip^red the indignity of appearing in the dook, bui whea such ia the caie the fact will usually have made itself manifest to the Judga, and will he intimated by him bo the Grand Jury. The Grand Jury should ob tain from witnesses the main facts to which they can depose. If these faota are such as require to be rebutted & prim a facie case is ettabliibedl, tc be tried in Court. He oast so imputation on the last Grand Jury, No doubt they endeavoured to do their duty ooasoieotioueiy, but it appeared thai they jassfc have gone somewhat beyond it) in it? esft.l iQitaoges*

THE LATEST

SOUTH AFRICA.

LORD MTLNIR'S RETURN

BURRINDBRERS aOURTMA.R -TIALLED AND SHOT,

MR OHAMBEBLAIN'S SEB VIOEB

United Preae ABBooiabloa—By Electslo Telegraph—Copyright!

Received Wakaptmka August 13, 94 am, QChia office 930 am London, Aagoafe 12 LordMilner has sailed for Cape town.

Twelve imsrrenderet-s who had been armed for the purpose of protecting stock northwards of Volksrnist, have been captured, Botha eoartniartiailed them and shot fonr.

Mr Balfour, in bis second speech afc the Blenheim House luncheon, testified to the immeasarable services Mr Oham* berkin had rendered to Imperial unity, in what was now, perhaps, the greatest administrative office under the Crown.

BOTHA'S METHODS

ANDRIES WESSELS RELEASED

KRUGER'S WILES

(Received Aagusfc 13, 1*35 p m) London, August 12

Botha outlawed four other Boer Bor renderers, and confiscated their pro perty. Remington's guides, in the course of successful operations in the Heilbron district, discovered and released Andries Weasels, one of the Kroonstad Peace Committee envoys imprisoned in rugs at Kialfontcin some time ago. It was reported that Wessels wts shot by De Wet.

The Times* Pretoria correspondent states that Kruger is banking the stipends of the Boer generals and offi cials, who play on the simplicity and patriotism of their followers.

Home and Foreign

United Frees Aasooiat'.on—Ry Electric Telegraph —Copyright Baoeived August 13, 136 pm London, August 12 Lipton'a Shamrock has arrived in New York after a gool ptssage*

Federal Politics

THF FISCAL QUESTION

United Prose Association -By Eleotrlo Telegraph—Copyright

Received August 13, 9 26 am Melbourne, August 13 The annual Free Trade was largely attended by members of the Federal House of Parliament Mr Reid de clared that Mr Barton's attitude over the Old Age Pensions was a crae! de ception to Australians, and condemned the method of appointing civil ser vants; The Free Trade party wanted the tariff settled. The voice of the people had not yet been heard on tfant question, and it would have to be fought, oat. A referendum of the people of Australia had sent a Free Trade majority into the Senate

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

United Press Association—>By Electric Telegraph Auckland August 13 At the Bupreme Court, the Grand jury returned no bill in tbe case of Emil Berger, who was charged with tbe attempted marder by administering poison to his wife, She accused was discharged GHBISTCHtmCH, August 13 At the Arbitration Court cases, in which i Messrs J Baliantyne and Co and Ealienstein Bros, were charged with a breach of the Industrial agreement in the tailoring trade, were dismissed, The Union considered that the agreement made with respect to Christ church should apply to branches of the firms in Timaru and Ashburton Chuistchurch, Angost 13 F S Parker and Sots were fined 20a and costs In the Arbitration Court, for having employed more than a prescribed number of apprentices: Defendant, when told they were committing a breach, discharged one apprentice, but re-engaged her as a piece worker* In fining defendant, Mr Justice Gooper said there had been an attempt to evade the clear and plain meaning of the agreement

The Rev Hr Slade and Fiji Politics

United Press Association—By Eleotrie Telegraph

Wellington, Aag 13 Rev Slade, Chairman of the Wesieyan Mission iv Fiji, has sent a letter to the Premier expressing satlefao;ion at) the sus pension by Mr Chamberlain of the laat ordinance passed by the Governor of Fiji, and hoping Mr Seddon's efforts would procure its cancellation. Mr Slade claims tbab the missionaries know the natives better than Governmenb officers do, and th&fe Sir George O'Brien knows nothing at all of the natives* He justified his speech at Waini tokasi by saying that the Federation party in Suva had sent emissaries to persuade the natives not to pay taxes. At that moment the Mission Synod was sitting, and particu lar enquiries were made whether they had heard of these emissaries, but none had done so. Sir George O'Brien's allegations of probable trouble, in Mr Blade'<j opinion, is juafc as groundless. The discontent there is caused by the irksome system of Govern ment under which & man has to auk official permission to Bell a basket of yams. Had Sir George O'Brien aats leaa on his dignity and moved freely about the colony he might have learned something of whafe the natives really are, and been lees likely to be influenced by recklessly Inaccurate report® of hie own officers. That the oon* dstions in Fiji calls for an ordinance so un.English as the one jusb suspended is as gross a libel on the islands, as the Wnlnl tokaei speech was on New Zealand. Mr Slade reports in conclusion that he is nnabie to visit) Wellington and confer personally at length with the Premier on Fijian trattwn.

An Important Case

United^ Press Association—By Eieoido (Telegraph Eaweba, August 13

In the District Court tod*y Judgment was given fa a oaae of Peebles v Bate and others, a claim lot damages for loss of plaintiff's sod, who was accidentally killed at the eporta held at Normftfflby la It Boxing Day. The boy,, waa standing near a Bbooting gallery.when a pellet from a pea rifle entered hie stomach* The Judge held that the defendants (the Sports Committee) were guilby of negligence in not making enquiry as to the capability of the man in charge of the gallery, and in not keeping supervision over the shooting. Judge EetUt held that he was bound by % decision of Ju» tioe Williams in the case Genge v the North Otago A and P Association, and "gave judg ment for plaintiff oa the main issue, but reserved his decision as to the amount of damages to be assessed* It ia likely that defendant! will go to fch« Ctattirt ?f £Pfi«aU .

Sporting.

CJ C GRAND NATIONAL MEETING

United Press Association—-By Eleotrio Telegraph

CHRIBTOHOROH, AugUßb 15 Splendid weather favoured the opening of the Canterbury Jockey Olnh's Grand National meeting, and there U * Urge attendance; The going U in first olin order. Tot&lie&tor dividends will be paid on first and second horaeg; Following are result* :—

Hunters' Hurdles, of 50 soys—Larboard Watch 1, Jeeter 2, Mangatera 3. Alt Btarted< Won oomfort&bly, after leading all «;he way. Dividends—On Larboard Watoh £14 18a; on Jester 11s 6d

Maiden Hurdles, of 150 sots —Hako 1, The Hempie 2, Dartmoor 3. Derringootte was scratched, leaving only four in, con sequently a dividend was only paid on the fire*) horse. Huku took the lead after passing the last fetoe, and won by & length io<d it half; a good third. Dividend— £6 Us

Wintbb Cur Flat Handicap, of 800 tort, one mile—-Ostiok 1. Man 2. Rattleaxe 3' Ostiak led throughout and won naatly by ft couple of lengths. Dividends—Oo Oatiak £6 5s 6d ; on Mare £8 8s 6(3

Gband National Stbeplkghask, of 650 botb ; 3J miles—Gobo 1, The Gu»rd 2, Stray bird 3. Dividends—On Gobo £3 10s, On The Guard £5 15s 6d

Tally Ho Steeplechase—X Jam 1, Doo« pey2,Btlibird3i Scratched—Surprise! Woo by a length* Time—4.l2s. Dividends on X Jam £2 2s 61 j on Doopey £3 lie,

Sooial Pest, who has gone lame behind, was scratched last night for all engagement* Kb the Grand National Steeplechase Meeting.

BLOOD STOCK.

Mr E Gates, of Bucoleuob, inform* us that his well known mare Lady Zetland, has just dropped a fine oolfc foal by the imported horse Obllgado.

MINING

United Presa Association—By Eleotrio Telegraph Cunedin Auguet 12

A meeting? of the Dunedin shareholder* in the Reeves' Proprietory Gold Dredging Company will be hell at Meters Herman Reeves' and Co.'a offices on Wednesday evening to consider an offer re tale of the property.

Duneoin. Augueti 13 , Retarne:—lsland Block 46< z 16dwt, J29 hours Sluicing, Dunedin Exohaoge Saleß-~Bendigo 16a, Central Electric 20*, 20s, Eleotrio 43s 43', Fourteen Mile Beach 30< di 30b, Gold King 4s 61, Great Central 18s 6d 18 1, Monte Ghristo 255, Nelson Creek 56a 66% Upper MvgaeUo Is 10£ d, Vincent Extended ?s 6i.

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A Brilliant Series of Essays from the most Distinguished Living Authors of Europe and America. 1 __ _ __ , The Library of Famous Literature gathers together more than a thousand masterpieces from the great writers of ail ages: 1 t provides an endless store of good reading—the most interesting portions of all that has been written since civilisation began; »nd, I arranged in chronological order, it affords a fascinating view of the world's literature from the earliest times to our own day. ! In addition to all this, the Library comprises a series of delightful essays on the literature of different epochs and different fftCOT, I .vritten especially for the Library by the most distinguished of living men of letters. The following list will suSice to iodieatt tw :haracter and scope of these charming studies; Mr. HENRY JAMES.— The Rise of the Novel. DR. EDWARD DOWDEN.— The Elizabethan Ers. DEAN FARRAR.— The Literature of Religious Criticism, PROF. 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