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Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 137, 19 June 1888, Page 2

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By Electric Telegraph. — Copyright fPEB UNITED PBESS ASSOCIATION. I London. June 16. Information receired from Zululand states that the followers of the rebel chief Dimzulu are deserting him- The first reports received fr»m the Congo mentioned that Mr Stanley had been wounded in an encounter with a hostile tribe. The Times urges the Marquis of Salis* bury to commence energetic parleying with China on the Chinese question, as it considers that delay will only aggravate the difficulty. The report that Jones, the Australian cricketer, had died is incorrect. He is now recovering from an attack of the rheumatic fever, but wilt be unable to play again this season. . The Canadian 4.000,000 loan at 3 per cent, has been subscribed threefold, at an average of £95 The House of Commons applauded Lord Carrington's message, giving the result of the Chinese ( 'onference in Syd* ney. Lord Knutsford states that the expressed terms of the treaty, as proposed by the Conference, can be negotiated with China. Two Australian wheat cargoes have been sold at 32s 9d, and a third at 33s 3d. The Ascot Gold Cup resulted as tol» lows :— Macbell's Timothy, 1 ; Barclay's Tissaphernes, 2; Aumont's Tenebreuse, 3, Captain John Sinclair, a supporter of Mr Gladstone, has been returned for Ayr in ihe place of R. F. Campbell, who had resigned. Evelyn Ashley was the defeated candidate. The press commends the decision ar rived at by the Chinese Conference. In the match against Middlesex, the Australians, in their first innings, made 97. McDonnell, 30; 'irott, 35. Middlesex, in their second innings, made another pcor stand, and were all disposed of for 62. Turner bowled splendidly, taking seven wickets for 29 runs. The Australians won the game by eight wickets. Paris, June 15. The Chamber of Deputies have resolved to adopt arbitration in connection with the dispute between France and America, Vienna, June 15 Count Kalnoky states that Austria will not interfere with internal affairs in Bulgaria, nor will she permit other Powers to do so.