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Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 85, 8 January 1891, Page 2

THE LATEST.

London, January 6. The Ritnulalca arrived at Plymouth to»day with passengers ail well, and cargo of frozen meat in pood condition. The work .of laving the 'new. .'cable -through the JEied Pea has been' completed and preparations are 'being made for laying another cable. -between Aden and Bombay, and a third line of cable be-_ tween Madras and Penang is ready to be put down. The new cable .tariff would come into operation much sooner if the AgentsGeneral were instructed to sign the agreements with the Cable Company on behalf of (heir respective colonies. A syndicate, of which Mr David Oppenhemier is the head, is being formed with a capital of half a million sterling, to take-over and work 'ill the unlimouy mines in New South Wales an ! i Victoria. The ore from the mines will be treaied by the new procrss. A disturbance occurred at Coatbridge in Scotland today between a party of striker* nnd a number of the m<>n'who have filled their places. . The former stormed die la<ter in a dormitory, and matters became so serious that the assistance of the police had to he obtained, Bix of the strikers were arrested, while many others were st-verely battoned by the police. The cargoes of Australian wheat to arrive during January and February Lave beiMi soid at 37s 6d. The Union Hank of Australia has declared a divideut of 14 per cent., and carried £16.00J forward to next year. Bbhlin, January 6 Professor Bernheim, a pupil of Dr Koch, states that the foundation of con sumption lymph is bouillon made from 1 ' horseflesh- A tubercle bacillus is introduced, which develops the virus. The bitctlli then die, but to ensure their exclusion the liquid is pressed through unglazed porcelain. The compound is again, supplied with bacilli, and the pro- ' cess repeated several times. Half per cent of carbolic solution is added to prevent putrefaction. Professor Bernheim says it is impose sible to determine the. strength of the remedy. iNine of the children who were burned at Leeds B:zaar have died. The Financial Times eulogises the outlook in New Ze.iland. St. Petee3BUho, January 6. Tlip "Russian troops stationed on the German frontier have . been ordered to retire. • Capetown,- January 6 The National Bank of South Africa, with a capital of £4,000,000, is being formed. Received, January 8, 10*45 a.m. Zanzibar, January 1. Dar Es Salararn, a port on the mainland, south of Zanzibar, becomes the German naval seat of Government. '• Ernin Pasha has been appointed Governor of the Land Territory. Capetown, January 7. Sir H, Lock, Chief Commissioner of the Cape, visits England in connection with the Anglo-Portuguese negotiations. Washington, January 7. It is expected the Senate will pass, and the House will reject;, free coinage. Calcutta. January 7. The Indian Government intend to raise the age of consent from 10; to 12 r .but will not otherwise interfere with the system of early marriages, which, has been so much criticised of late. Rome, January 7. The anarchist conference at Siglintli, in northern Italy, passed resolutions urging the initiation of a general agitation on May Ist. London, January 7. The mortality in London, owing to the hard winter, is 600 above the weekly average. Sleepers were placed across the North British line, but were discovered in time, and t .c attempt to wreck the train failed.