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Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 58, 2 November 1889, Page 2

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THE PARNELL COMMISSION. ANOTHER STRIKE IMMINENT. SHOCKING RAILWAY ACCIDENT, - By Electric Telegraph- — Copyright [ VEX, UNIT£D PRESS ASSOCIATION:. [ London, November 1 Sir John* Ponder, Chairman of th© '-'. Eastoru Extension Telegraph Company, • offers the New South Wales and New Zealand Government to at ,once under- . take the laying of a duplicate cable between those colonies, provided the company is secured against unreasonable competition. -On Mr Dantt concluding his address ' before the Times- Parnell Commission, :Sir J. Hannon, the President, said- thecourt waa obliged to him for his assistance. Sir Hemy James one of the coun- "• ael for the Times, asserted that the Times had been a ''consistent and able friend to Ireland, to which M. -Duvitt ejaculated "Amen." The literman are dit-satisfitid with th© award made by Lord Brassey,- and are likely to go ont on strike. New Zealand mutton ts selling at 4sd ; ' Queensland beef, 4£d. Stanley and Eniin Pasha are believed to be nearing the Eastern Coast of Africa, The Times in its obituary notice of the late Mr Wesbgarth, praises- his action with regard to the colonies, whose loans, ifc states, he often inaterialy helped,- < Berlin. November 1, The Company established for the re- ' lief of Emm Bey have recalled Dr Peter, whose expbditiou was lecently reported to have been a failure. kid de Jakieeo, Novembei 1. \ The (Coptic has sailed for- Plymouth, r with the balance of her cargo of f rpzen meat in good condition, , ; Pa bis, November 1. M. Tirard, Premier and Minister for Commerce, has informed Sir" I" 1 . D. Bell that it affords him great pleasure to accept the gift of New Zealand mineral and cereals shows at the- Exhibition for French museums. - * - Melbourne, November 1. - The International Stock Conference 1 opened to- day. Mr Charles _ Myers, member for Dundas in the Victorian Assembly, was chosen chairman. The> questions to be discussed include the re-_ •gulations for the admission of foreign stock into the Australian Colonies and quarantine restrictions, the diseases of stock, and the best means of exterminating rabbits. The first question discussed / was that of scab, and it .was resolved to request the New Zealand Grvernment to take more stringent measure to cleanser the flocks in that colony. Athens, October 31, The Emperor of Germany, while, at lunch with the Admiral of the English fleet 'at Athens, spoke in terms of high praise of the British- navy. • " Calcutta. October 31. . A train near Agra ran into a siding, came into collision with the terminal buffers, and was. derailed. Thirteen' women and two children were killed, and forty other persons injured. . - Adelaide, November I.' Harvesting is progressing, and the returns so far axe excellent, but red rust is •spreading in several localities, which it i* feared will reduce the total yield. _ Thfbsdat Island. Is or. I. The police have received a letter confirming the a jcount of the massacre of th& Rev. Mr Savage and party at Debeer, on the eastern coast of New Guinea: They were murdered while praying at a stooL