MR FRASER AT ALEXANDRA.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1022, 18 November 1881, Page 3

MR FRASER AT ALEXANDRA.

(By Telegraph.) November 17. Mr Fraser’s meeting at Alexandra tonight was attended by over 100 electors Thecandidato made a clear and concise address dealing with the various public qnes(innsof the day His views on the Land Question were liberal and well rec ived.and generally the meeting appeared favorably impressed An unanimous vote was passed on ihe motion of Mr Hubert Finlay, “That Mr Fraser is a fit .and proper person to represent the Dnnst in ehetorate.”

A recent estimate represents that there are in Great Britain 0,51)0,000 operatives engaged in manufacturing and similar industries, earning in fair times on an average 253 per week. This represents an annual income of 1,422,000,000 (it is usually put ah 1 4 Jit, t -(JO Oiin) ; cl'chalise-l at fifteen years’ purchase, this income or interest represents a capital of 1.6,337,000,0i0.

Hie arrests of prominent agitators continue to ho made in Ireland under the Viceroy’s warrant. Among those recently placed in cu tody is M ‘Halo, Catholic piiest

The elections to tho German RMchstao have resulted unfavourably for the Government, which has now no working m ijori y in the new Parliament. Among the defeated Ministerial candida’es was a sen of Prince Bi-mark. There has been a large increase in the number of Socialist candidates elected to the Reichstag.

A fire broke out on hoard one of the Cunaid steamers on her passage from New York (o Liverpool. She was not far from the English coast when the lire was first noticed. The captain made for Font, the nearest seapoit, situated in North \Vale». ft was, however, found that the fire could not he subdued by the ordinary means, and the vess-.l was accordingly scuttled, at sea

Great excitement lias been caused by two attempts to destroy the Abyssinia, one of the steamships belongingto the Cunar-I him, at New York. The designs of the incendiaries were fustrated by the timely discovery of their intention.

An important public utterance has been made by the Emperor of Austin in connection with the Eastern question. Iteti rung to the Treaty of Berlin, he sta'es that the settlement then arrived at has been carried out to a satisfactory termination, and that one difficulty after another which has arisen hay been overcome. He expresses his linn conviction that the peace of Europe is now assured.

Archbishop Croke. in an address upon the present crisis in Ireland, strongly denounced the manifesto recently issued by the Land League, and advocated the payment of fair rent.