The American Government has support ed Great Britain's protest against the Venezuelan Government annulling a. Brit jsh company's privilege to exclusively •navigate the Macara and Pedernaleo chan nels of the Orinoco river. The Scottish-New Zealand Investment Company's report shows a profit of £3308, of which £2887 has been added 'to the reserve and £421 carried for- The Government have ordered 15,000 Bilver medals at Birmingham. A por trait of the Queen appears on the ob verse side, and a figure of Peace offer ing a laurel wreath to the British and colonial army on the reverse. ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 12. , The Czar is suffering from mild in fluenza. york^ Henry Zeimer, a lawyer of New York, has been arrested for obtaining genuine decrees of divorce through false wit nesses. Scores of divorced persons re married. The manager of the agency has absconded.
Cut-tbroat competition is still raging on the Wanganui river. The Aotea last week took excursionists for a two-days' trip up the river, at a 10s fare, and the Hatrick boats ran 46 miles up for 2s return.
THE POVERTY BAY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1900.
