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Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 100, 14 February 1891, Page 2

THE LATEST.

Belgrade, February 12, It is reported that King Alexander of Servia is suffering from a dangerous malady. London, February 13. Wool is firm, and prices for merino sorts are hardening. The report of the Bank of New Zealand states that the profits would admit of the payment of an interim dividend, but owing to the short time the Directors haye been in office they have decided to carry the balance forward. The position of the business of the Bank shows distinct signs of improvement. The accounts will only be presented at the August meeting. Lord Salisbiry, in the House of Lords, replying to' Lord Dunraven, said the Government had no definite proposals to submit to the colonies relative to the creation of an Imperial War Fund. The country would not submit to a discriminating system in favor of the colonies and against the rest of the world. A conference wonld be inexpedient, except salutary and practicable proposals were ready for discussion. Messrs O'Brien and Dillon, who have been interviewed, state that they advised Mr Parnell to make the fight an impersonal one as far as possible. Mr Dillon says he should prefer to retire rather than serve under Mr Parneli. The Northampton election took pla-?e to-day, and resulted in ihe return of Air Mansfield, a Home .Ruler, who' defeated Mr Germaine, the Tory candidate, by a majority 1713 votes. Mr Justin McCarthy has explained to his followers that Mr Gladstone had given a written assurance that the Home Eule Bill should authorise the Irish Parliament to deal with land, unless the question was settled beforehand or in a specified period after Home Eule was granted. The Parliament would also be allowed the control of the Civil police, replacing the present force within fiye years. Messrs DilVa and O'Brien surrendered themselves to the authorities at Folkstone to-day. Eeceived February 14, 10.30 a.m. London, February 13. The Labor Unions at Cardiff are without funds to continue the struggle.The Docker's leaders are parleying with the Shipping Federation, and it is expected a compromise will be effected as far as the ports of London and Cardiff are concerned. Several prominent members of Mr Gladstone's party have been making finance arrangements with the party led by Mr Justin McCarthy for ' carrying on the Home Rule Campaign, but decline to give any monetary assistance to "evicted tenants. The Times says that Mr Gladstone's promised concessions to the Home -Rule i party amount to nothing more than empty words unless separation pure and simple is intended. The same journal considers that Mr Parnell's real opponents in Ireland are the priets. The Standard remarks that; Mr Gladstone is yainly humiliated since he sees that Mr Parnell is inexorable.. The Daily News believes that a rupture of the leaders of the Irish party will eventually result in the triumph of the Liberal cause and the breaking up of Parnellism. Justin McCarthy declares that he con-, ducted the negotiations with" Parnell on a basis that it was impossible that Parnell could retain the leadership of the party. News of the rupture between McCarthy and Parnell has caused a gloomy feeling in Ireland and- it is considered to have greatly injured the prospects of the Home Rule cause.

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