13 AUGUST 1898, page 3

At A Meeting Of The Dablinmunicipal Council Held On Monday

a letter was read from the Gladstone Memorial Committee ask- ing the support of the Corporation for the erection of a statue of Mr. Gladstone in Dublin, similar to those......

The United Service Magazine For August Has An Article On

the Trans-Siberian Railway, which is worthy of attention at the present moment. People here talk glibly of the Trans-Siberian Railway being ready in four or five years, of......

The Army For Khartoum Is Being Rapidly Concentrated At The

fort on the Atbara. All the T v ash troops have arrived, including the Guards battalion him 'firs) and the 37th Field Battery with its 5 in. howitzt. a Qese guns fire Lyndite......

It Is Stated That The Select Committee On The Telephone

Service have agreed by a majority to recommend that the Post Office shall grant licenses to municipalities on the same terms as it does to the National Telephone Company,—that......

The Associated Chambers Of Commerce Have Taken An...

as we believe, a wise step. They have com- missioned Lord Charles Beresford, who has obtained the consent of the Admiralty, to visit China this autumn, and report on the future......

Admiral Sampson's Report Of The Destruction Of Admiral...

off Santiago, published in Tuesday's Times, is a most interesting document, and, though it does not draw any definite morals from the events described, it gives plenty of ground......

The Berlin Correspondent Of The Daily Mail Gives In...

issue a very curious account of some experi- ments made during the last German manoeuvres, on the value of sugar as food. Ten men were subjected to the sugar diet, while another......

Bank Rate, 22 Per Cent.

New Consols (2D were on Friday, 1101.......