19 AUGUST 1899, page 3

The Fifth And Last Of The Test Matches Between England

and Australia ended in a draw on Wednesday. The English team, who batted first, scored 576, while the Australians made 332, and 254 for five wickets. Four out of the five......

The West Indies Were Visited Last Week By A Violent

and destructive hurricane, the damage inflicted on the British Colonies in the Leeward Islands proving so exten- sive as to warrant the opening of a Mansion House Fund on behalf......

Mr. Gerald Balfour's Speech To The Co-operators At The...

Palace on Tuesday was not only remarkably able and luminous, but will, we hope, prove of real value. Like all out- siders who address Co-operators, he urged the importance of......

The Vienna Correspondent Of The Times Contributes To...

a most remarkable account of the way in which German activity is revolutionising the trade of the Levant and of the Near East, and is affecting, or rather destroying, the......

Mr. Balfour Very Properly Dwelt Upon The Difficulty Of...

co-operative societies engaged in production to pay big enough salaries, and doubted whether democratic bodies could organise industries successfully. Co-operative produc- tion......

A Concise Summary Of What Has Been Done In The

way of developing Ireland as a tourist resort appears in Thursday's Times. We are reminded that the sea transit rid Holyhead has been reduced to little more than two and a half......

The Emperor Of Russia In A Quaintly Worded Imperial Order

issued on Sunday last, and addressed to the Minister of Finance, has declared that after the completion of the railway Talienwan shall be a free port during the whole duration......

Bank Rate, 3i Per Cent. New Consols (2i) Were On

Friday 106i.......