LATE GABLES.

Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 51, 17 October 1889, Page 2

LATE GABLES.

By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright,

| PER UKITKD PRESB ASSOCIATION. I

London, October 15. Mansfield College for Dissenters haft been opened at Oxford. . A brother of the Earl of Galloway accompanied him into the dock during the trial of the latter for assault on a girl. Sir James Fergusson was among those present. The Bench unanimously ac- ° quitted the accused, the decision being received with applause. ~ ;.-• - Lord Brassey, speaking at a. dinner a$ the City Liberal Club, upheld -Tracjes^ , Unionism, and Bpoke in terms ofjhigli;,' praise of the conduct of the dock laborer* during the recent strike. MrS. C. Buxton, M.P. for Tower Hamlets, Poplar, who took a prominenf part in supporting the strikers, condemned th» attitude and language of Mr Norwood,. ' chairman of the Dock Committee. ■ The audit of the strike accounts is being: delayed by the careless manner in whicb, they are kept, but the statement that ' there is a surplus of J7OOO is confirmed. It is the intention of those having th» . control of the money to -wait patiently . until the wishes of the Australian colonies- , can be ascertained as to the disposal of this sum. M. Renole, a planter in the New Hebrides, in a letter to The Times, says it is essential that either' England or France should annex the islands to secure the , stability of the Government and enable their resources to be properly developed/ It is reported that King Don Louis I of Portugal is dead. Nkw Tojbk, October 16. Mr Oakley Hall has instituted proceed- ; ings against Professor Bryce, who charged ' Hall, of the Tweed "ring;" with beiug ! afraid to return to America. Damages are fixed at .£20,000. } .Rotterdam, October 16. ! The dock laborers who recently went: i out on strike have refused alliance .with - Socialists, and have affiliated themselves j with the English Trades Union. Thursday Island. October 16. News per British India Company's steamer states that a practicully me?.* , , haustible coalfield has been opened up at Tonoking, and upwards of 1000 coolies I are employed. Melbourne, October 1 6. Landall, who was sentenced to death' 1 for murdering Mr Sherlock, was executed ! to-day. •> The electric trans between Eoxhill and Doncaster, was successfully opened today. This is the first electric tram constructed in Australia.