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Feilding Star, Volume X, Issue 45, 22 September 1888, Page 2

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■ ■ • fc r : . By Electric Telegraph. — Copyright '•'•■ FPER- UKITEI) PREBB ASSOCIATION. I ■ -.■' ;Londc)&, September 20. At to-day's wool'sales, 10,000 bales were catalogued. Scoured merinos sold at £d to Id dearer, with the exception of New Zealand lots. Locks were weaker j greasy, £d dearer; in- j ferior scoured crossbreds declined ! A report is current that the Ameer of Afghanistan is dead. The report emanates from St. Petersburg. .... . 1 1 Mr Chamberlain speaking., at a TTnionist meeting at Bradford, cordially approved the Government policy for which he considered he was partly answerable himself. He averred he would hot iaise a finger to destroy Salisbury's Government so long as the only alternative that remained was Gladstone's accession to office. The alliance of Unionists and Con-' servatives was firm, and a thorough understanding prevailed, which he believed would result in the formation of a national party. Tenders are called for a municipal:! loan for the town of Hobart. The amount is L 50,000 with five per cent interest, and the minimum is fixed at: 108. Tenders will be opensd on September 18. ' A riot took place yesterday among tli l^ Irish labourers; at th* Ixlasgow Dock#. | and brutal and ferocious fijjhtinu Ocr eurrei The police,, who attempted to* quell the disturbance; were completely overwhelmed. The fighting continued till the rioters were thoroughly exhaustedA large number of arrests, have since been made, and 52 of the ringleaders have; been sentenced to various terms of imprisonment. A great conterence of LiberalXJnionists is being held at Bradford. L«rd Derby* in the course of his speech, ridiculed the idea of regarding punishment for resistance to lawful authority in the light of political martyrdom. Mr Chamberlain averred ihat the present evictions in Ireland were not unjust, and tbe resistance of the tenants was merely a theatrical display. . » Truth states that Sir Henry Drummond Wolff, British Ambassador at Teheran, will probably succeed Lord Carrington as Governor of New South Wales. .; The third match between the AustraK ians and Surrey began to«day. The former scored 259, McDonnell 35, Bannerman lo,Trott36, Bonnor 87, J arris 32 The trial of Mrs Gordon Baihie and her husband has been postponed. The Standard writing on the crisis m Canada urges that England and t anada should forcibly retain the Province of Quebec in case of attempts to carry out its threat of session. Coal is being shipped from the English ports to adel aide. Mr Dillon maintains a defiant attitude towards the Government. ... September 21 Extracts from the late Emperor Pi-e* derick's diary hare been published in Berlin. Fr m these extracts it is shown that he initiated the project of the federation of the. German States againsi the opposition of his fa hvr and Prince Bismarck. Ottawa, September 19. The Province of Quebec threatens to secede from tbe Dominion of Canada and join the United States, if the Federal Government insists on its veto of the Magistrates Bill. - - ■• A Russian man-of-war has seized a Canadian sealing vessel in Behring Strait and fired several shots at another. : Washington, September 19. It is now thought probable that the Senate will reject the Retaliation Bill. Bomb, September 19. Monsignor Persioo, the Papal delegate to Ireland some time ago, states that the Irish Bishops are persistently endeavouring to pacify. lreland, and that the na» tional agitation has lost much of its in* tensity. A them, September 21. . A Turkish war vessel having seized a Greek fishing veessel in the JSgean Sea, Greece has demanded redress for the outrage. ..