LATE CABLES.
By Electric Telegraph. — Copyright. (PEJtt UNITED PRRSS ASSOCIATION). Loxt>ojs, January 27. In view of th« supposed intention uf -the Government to introduce the Irish Land Purchase Scheme, a great meeting will be held in London on Tuesday to protest against any at-, tempt to saddle the British taxpayers with a burden for the benefit of Irish landlords. Amoiig the speakers will be Sir G. Trevelyan, Professor Stuart, Davis and Burns. The proposed extradition treaty between England- and the United States excludes political offences. Four hundred dock laborers at Liverpool have struck for increased wages Mrs Parnell, mother of the Irish leader, has, it is alleged, been living on a pittance of Is per week, and that she refused the assistance offered by her son, although for six weeks ohe was without a fire. ' Stdnbt, January 27. The steamship Riverina, from London to Sydney, is ashore at the Ram's Head, South Gabo, off the Victorian coast, apparently abandoned. A pas* sing steamer has signalled that she had taken off the passengers and crew. Adelaide, January 27. . The yield of wheat in South Australia is estimated at 19,137,000 bushels, giving an average- of a little oyer 9£ bushels per acre. It is estimated there will be a surplus for export of 15,500,000 bushels. Hobabt, January 26. Arrived — Coptic, at midnight, She brings thirty-five passengers for Australian ports and ninety-one for New Zealand. Received January 28, 12.20 p.m. London, January 27. Violent gales are raging on the coasts of . the. United Kingdom, and many shipping disasters are reported. Benzon's friends have refunded the £ 1 000 to the victims of the forgery by the Jubilee Plunger. He is expected to be released. A cargo of N.Z. wheat has been sold at 35s 9d. ' Lisbon, January 27. The anti-English crowds .are jeered by the populace. New Yobk, January 27. The Atlantic gales are subsiding and the overdue steamers are coming into port. They are all considerably damaged. -
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Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 92, 28 January 1890, Page 2
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324LATE CABLES. Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 92, 28 January 1890, Page 2
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