Mr D. A. Thomas Behind the Development Scheme. A 1,500-MILE RAILWAY SCHEME. OTTAWA, Tuaaday. The Railway Committee of vhe House Commons has favourably reported on a Bill granting charter to the Pacific, River, and Athabasca Company. The project is to construct a railway iron* th

BEFORE ENLISTING. A remarkaLl*.. youil. - *a Hires was told Clerkemveii Police Cour., when Arthur l>oel, aged seventeen, a smartlooking young private of the King Own Scottish Borderers, stationed a' was charged with stealing a quantity letters from pillar-box a: Hampstead in Mar

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The interest taken in the coursing carnival the season, the Waterloo Cup, is keen as ever, and hundreds of sportsmen annually pay a vial to Hi Lydiate who are not seen any other meeting during the season. Even the moat ardent racegoer forsakes pastime to witness the procee<Lag«

BANK BATE per cent Janoirr TO-DAY’S IBOH MARKETS. MiDDLESBBOLdH—Xnere lias oeen a little more iife in tn« market to-day, ana more disposition to buy. Signs of recovery are already following upon yesterday s speculative reaction, and prices siigntly improved. For No. U.M.B. today

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point emphasised at the the Tiverton Swimming Club, Town Hall on Monday was the c inadequate accommodation provi d » Corporation Baths for both spectators alike. Mr. Athelstane suggested that the club should Town Council in the matter with ' a,t the defect being remedied seem m

South Africans' Sporting Chance OF VICTORY (Press Association Cricket Special.) Durban, Tuesday. There was a good deal of rain during the night, but the weather improved this morning, although it was still cloudy when play in the fourth Test match was resumed before a crowd of a

'CHANGE London, Tuesday. Money. per cent.; Three Months Bills, 2J. Bombay Transfers, 16 3-52: Calcutta, Rio, 16 7-64; Valparaiso, 9|; Buenos Ayres, » Renewed dulness prevails upon the Stock Ex-1 change, as there is not much fresh business to support values. Consols 76 7-16 for Mo

******* that Mr. C. H. Roberts has been appointed Under Secretary for India. The appointment does not