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Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 103, 21 February 1891, Page 2

THE LATEST.

London, February 18. An attempt ;o effect .a comproume between the United Labour Council and the Shipping Federation has failed, the latter virtually insisting on an .uncondi* tional surrender by those on s.trike. A firm has offered to take up £100,000 of the South Australian loan immediately, and the balance in June, at the minimum at which the loan was placed, on condition that the interest ia paid fromjht date of issue. Messrs Shaw, SaviU, and Albion Company's steamer, wliich was to leave foi New Zealand to-duy, will be delayed twc days owing to the strike. The Marquis of Lonlonderry has evicted 600 r.i'mihes from his estate at Sicksworth, and this action will probabl} ■ cause a strike throughout the entire coalfields in Durham. The Pail Mall Gazette accuses tlu Lord Ma; or of gross plagiarism of i sermon by the Rev. » . H. Spurge'on, iv an address which he recently deliverec to the Polyieehuic Young Men's Chrisnan Institute, for apprentices, artisans &c. The Lord Mayor, denies the charges The membership of the Shipping .Federation represents an aggregate ol 7,000,000. tons. Natal lisa been granted responsiblt government but Zuiulanl is to remair under Imj ejfial control. : ■ Paris, February 19. The Empress Frederick will shortlj arrive in Paris, with the object of inducing Frtnch artists to exhibit at the forth coming Art Exliiiriii«>n in Berlin. A [ great sensation lias been caused both in : Paris and Berlin by the announcement of her intention. Berlin, February 19. General Caprivi stated in the Counci 1 of State thai it was beneath the dignitj of the Empire to puuish" Prince Von Bismarck. The latter declares that his ' censure is simply an invention .of: hit ■ enemies. Received, February 21, 10.30 a.m. Lonion. February 20. The Unions are exerting political pres sure to secure charters. Free laborers are abundant at Cardiff. The block of the shipping at' the dock 9 rose to-day. In reply to a question in the House o: Commons, the Secretary for War said th( arming of the coaling stations was on tht verge of completion: The armament was also ready for King George's Sound and Torres' Straits, though the colonies had not 3et prepared the necessary works tc mount the gun • . . - - Trust companies, representing thirty millions of capital, are arranging to compel the Argentine Republic to meet its obligations. Mr Justin McCarthy is sending Messrs T. D. Sullivan and:'- Cox ■' on > a mission to Australia on behalf of the party who have sejeded from Parnell. Lord Zetland, Viceroy of Ireland, is about to pay a yisit to the Western Counties.