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Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 138, 14 May 1891, Page 2

aßy Electric Telegraph.— Copyright (FKH UNITED PIIKSS ASSOCIATION.) London, May 11. . Nelhe Stewart; the well known Australian actress, his been entjuged ia the opera jf th" " Nauteh Girl ""at the Savoy Theatre. A serious ex; losion of petroleum took place on board the steamer .Tanearville, at Newport, Pembrokeshire, South Wale-*" to-riay, res ah ing in the oeath of eight persons and 13 being wounded The World officially denies the state ment it made some ;4ays ago that the Prince of Wales was insolvent, aud han asked for extensive advances from the Queen Suns Beeves has hade farewell to the 1 Encli-ii public at the Albert Mail General Booth has interviewed the Federa; authorities at Geneva which is. con sidered to indicate that the Swiss Govern merit will cease to interfere with the Sal* vntioii Army. .VI rDe Cobain, M. P-> who is accused «f a serious crime, has been identified at Bilboa,in Spain, holding religious meetings. The Australian cruisers Kmsjurooma anl Taurantra have sniied for Australia The weather is now much warmer, and has had a beneficial effect in checking the spread of influenza. . . As a precautionary measure quinine pills are given to the London police twice daily. May 12. The master builders of L ndon threaten a geneml lock out unless the car^enteo resume work in a fortnight. JBkrlik, May 11. The Prussian Diet baa voted 165,000 marks to maintain the Koch Institute. Moscow, May 11. Jews holding real, property are to be allowed two years, and those who have none one year to quit. ValpabaisG. May 11. The proposed mediation between the belligerents has ended in failure. Vienna, May 11. Owing to the strike of the compositors the great Vienna papers are unable to appear. St I'iiTKUSBUfiG, May 12. Gunsburg, the Jewish banker, has been excelled from this city for offering a million roubles to the Minister oi the Interior to influence the Czar in favour of the Jews. Lisbon, May 12. Two women have been arrested for exploding bombs in the office of the Minister of the Interior. Beceived, May 14, 10.30 a.m. London, May 13. The baccarat case will be heard on Ist June. Gladstone has been feverish, but is improving. Seventy members of the House of Commons, including Lord Hartington and Mr Chamberlain, have been attacked, and "W. B. Barbour, M.P., Paisley, has died of influenza. The epidemic appears to be becoming milder. Truth states that the Queen is advancing a sum running into six figures to redeem the mortgage on the Sandringhain estate, besides which she has giyen the Prince of Wales many sums during the last 'five and twenty years. One hundred and eighty deaths from influenza in London were reported lasl week. Valparaiso, May 13 It is reported the insurgent navy defeated Balmaceda's ships^if Callao. St. Petersburg, May 13. Russia has decided not to withdraw bullion from London. The official accounts of the attempt on the Czarevitch says that a policeman was attempting to strike a second blow when Prince George of Greece felled the assassin to the ground. The programme ol the tour will not be altered in consequence of this untoward incident. Calcutta, May 13 The expedition which has been engaged reducing the Mironzais will shortly be disbanded. Bkcsstsls, May 13. Boulanger has been warned that he will be expelled from Belgium if he continues his political agitation. Washington, May 13. Ex-President Cleveland strongly denounces the wicked extravagance of the Harrison Government in squandering money on subsidies and pensions.