24 AUGUST 1901, page 2

• The Indian Budget Was- Introduced On Friday Week And

was unexpectedly pleasant. In spite of a famine which hat cost the people R50,000,000 and the Treasury £15,170,000 in three years, the surplus for the past year amounted to......

Parliament Was Prorogued On Saturday Last. The:icke S...

of any great importance, exc e p t the graceful terms in which the King specially thanks the Commons for those arrangements in .regard to the me l t e ,. ance of the honour and......

One Of The Great Difficulties Of German Military...

is to restrain ill-conditioned officers from tyrannising over their men. Such officers take dislikes, and as their power is practically absolute, the theory of the Service being......

Outside Politics The Event That Has Excited Most Popular...

in France during the past week has been the great international bicycle race from Paris to Brest and back. The winner, who covered the. distance—some seven hundred and y mil e......

The Times Published On Thursday A Most Interesting...

the situation in Cuba. Economically, the island is beginning to prosper aga in. There is plenty of work for the people, now numbering 1,572,000, the sugar plantations have......

The Reception. Of The. Duke Of Cornwall At Cape Town

has been more thin cordial, and has been shared in by the Dutch. Qne remarkable feature in it was the appearance of more tlian - one - huridiecinativichiefs - frona all parts of......

On. Saturday Last Just Before Prorogation There Was A Short

discussion in regard to the Volunteers, in which Lord Stanley tried to defend, what we have always regarded "as the weak spot in Mr. Brodrick's Army scheme,—i.e., the attempt to......