THE EXILES OF SIBERIA.
PUNISHMENT BY RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES. . Received December 19, 12.40 p.m. St Pbtf.ksbueg, December 17. It being alleged that a number of exiles in the Siberian mines had been, guilty of disobedience, |their conduct was reported to the authorities, who sent guards to Irkutsk, where six of the- offenders were •brutally killed, while nine others were wounded. Subsequently three others were hanged. New York, December 17. Owing to the number of fires which recently occurred .in the States from accidents by electric lighting, a difficulty has risen between the police and the lighting companies and this has now culminated in open dispute. The police having gained the day are now engaged in removing all over head wires. London, December 18. Mr Parnell has recovered from his recent severe illness, and addressed a meeting at Nottingham, when he made strong demonstration against the NationalUnionists. Sydney, Thi« D*y. Neil Maiterson and McLean, the Richmond sculler, have arranged a match to be rowed ai the end of March. Melbourne, This Day." The Foreign Colonial Exchange Bank has beeu mulcted in £2001) damages for ' publishing an a-tvertiseinent m which reference to capital is alleged to be iuisleading.
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Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 77, 19 December 1889, Page 2
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