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Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 65, 19 November 1889, Page 2

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The Tilbury foremen and clerks ;re~ fused to join the Labourer's Umbii'oiY the ground that to do' so would be-cou'j,; trary to their agreement with their employers, and cause the forfeiture of their pensions. Many, .of.Jthe Jabourers were opposed to the" -striJie^ which; >was organised in order to. cofnpeL, the f^rbmeu and clerks' to join the -Union! It is stated that certain untitled and, comparatively "Speaking, |'6bsoure '"iiieDi bers"* of the West Eud Club, m connection with" wliich a horrible sqaiidal was reported a few days' ago, ate feeing indicted secretly on charges resembling those which some, years ago were made against" "cerfaiu" members oi' the aristrocra y, known as th.fi Bblton and ark scaudal. The pr'Vss is protesting that such charges should not be heard privately, and that a distinction should not be made thejOfEend-:' efs, s6me of wh6m" aYe alleged"" to have' been allowed to make their escape.

The first of the new" Australian cruisers will be launched on the 25th mst. at the yards of Sir W. G. Armstrong, 'Mitchell and Co.

Mr Phil Kobinson , the war correspond^ ent, 'who visited the colonies recently, has been declared bankrupt.

: 'November 15. . The Financial Committee qf the .strikers have now closed the: accounts andtbfe credit side shows that ttie Australian, colonies coutributed L 30.800. The English Trade Unions only contributed ;L^OOOI On Wednesday the Committee met to decide as to the disposal of the surplus, but their action is subject to the approval of the donors.

The Dockers Union is gradually gaining strength, and now numbers 30,0.00.-". A large public meeting has been' helcLat the Mansion House, presided over by 6ir A. Isaacs, Lord Mayor, in support of the city of London branch of the Federation League. A resolution was carried in fayour of [the eaflyTsuinmoning of 'another-Colouial Conference. A libel action ; biought by Mrs Besaut against the rector of Stepney, -owmg'to the accusations of the latter charging Mrs Besant with unchaste, .tea.cmugs.^wjis, heard to-day before a jury. After a i*w .hours consideration the jury ?mti mated; they^could jdpt agres itfso is projbable that" a fresh tnalwiiL take pla'je. Mrs Parnell. is Mr»,C., 8. .Parnell' s mother said, to .be in" a most destitute state, and her property has been seized." She asserts that she has not appealed to Mr Paruell for aid, ar he. is unable to, assist her. ; .; '■- ■ l ' ; > . ■■]• ■'■*- November l6. '*>. Lord Rosebery, speaking, at, the Mansion House yesterday, said the _. great sympathy shown by Australia with the dock strikers, tuken with the Soudan incident, showed that there was a healthy tone in the colonies in, the direction of unity of the British Empire. • .<- '.. The Times, in au article on federation, says the promoters are forcing the pace, but at present there is little ground for practical agitation. The lload Car' Company granted the demands of the busmen for a reduction of the' hours of- labour to 12 hours as,a. days work, on condition' that other Bus Companies make similar concessions. . The earnings of the Tilbury dock labourers have fceen increased by. four and six shillings weekly. In aoiue instance the wages of the men employed at other docks have ;also been (increased by. eight aud 13 shillings weekly. JN'iw Yohk, November 16. At the Cronin umrder trial, Ulanoy, jouruahsf, testified tliut on the morning of the day on which the body wa< iha-covei-ed, O'Sullivan boasted that he had known Cronin well for- five years', and did not believe he had been murdered. When in the evening he was told that tho body had been found, O?Sullivan sunk into a chair in terror, and refused to go and identify the corpse though repeatedly urged to do so. : ' : < • : Pakis, November 14. The Exhibition surplus has reached the sum of 8,000,000 francs, inclusive of subsidies. Rio de Janikbo, November 10. A revolution has broken out here, and the Emperor, Dom Pedro, has been deposed. The Presidency _-of the Government has been assumed by Field- Marshall. Da Fonesca, who has guaranteed the safetyof the Imperial faawly. An attempt was made to assassinate Senator L. A. Viera da Bilma, Minister of Marine. , ? The movement is being supported by 'the army. r