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Feilding Star, 12 November 1891, Page 2

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CONFERENCE OF UNIONISTS. ; THE McKINEEY TARIFF. SEVERE GALES ON ENGLISH COAST. AFFAIRS IN .SOUTH AMERICA. TORTURED TO DEATH. ANOTHER BANKER ARRESTED. HURRICANE IN NEW SOUTH WALES. By Electric Telegraph. — Copyright (rKB pbess association.) (Received November 12, 11.45, a.m.) London, November 11. 7 7. The widow ofthe late W. M.Smith, has been created Viscountess Hambledoh, with reversion ofthe title to her son..; :: ' The Times says, the position of the Bank of Spain is rapidly going from bad to worse. ■ _. ■ . .-• /• ';;' ; An influential conference of Unionists is being held at Mancheßter, 7 The Duke;' of Argyle, in a powerful speech,; expressed; the belief that Gladstone's Home Rule;: scheme contains the chief elements of danger that, were embraced in the old Bill. .' /■;•/-'■ .//•- -7;.;; .' J,;."- // Lord Hartington. ridiculed Gladstone's; Optimistic anticipations of the .defeat of the Conservatives at the next; .'general election. He advised the retirement of the Liberal leader who, while posing as a dictator on tbe Irish question, was onlythe mouthpiece of a caucus. Lord Salisbury has ordered British admirals to obtain consent ofthe Governments before practising nayal manoeuvres in foreign waters, in order to avoid a repetition of the unfortunate and unwarrantable construction placed on the harmless proceedings at the Island of Mitylene. Bank of New Zealand shares (new issue) are L 7 103. The Leeds millers haye raised the price \ of flour three shillings. ".7,, . The McKinley Tariff is severely affect-, ing the shipping at tho Port of London;" Severe galea have been experienced'ocr the English coast and a number 'of miner shipping disasters, have occurred 7m. the Channel. -_ - Great Britain and America have agreed to submit the Behring Sea dispute .to arbitration, but the terms of reference are kept secret. Rio de Janeiko, November' ll. ; Ponesca is suppressing all newspapers opposed to him. A" .. * Tlie province of Graopora has declared it indopondenco and it is expected Bahia will follow suit. A worship has been sent to the Rio Granda which has cut loose from the Republic , Fonesca threatens to expel all who'attempted to overthrow the dictatorship, but only part of the nayy support him. Paris, Noyem ber 11. Le Temps betrays acute irritation at Lord Salisbury's references to E^ypfc and 1 accuses him of advancing empty protests, to justify the breach of his promise to' evacuate the country. Other French journals, however, are less insulting in thoir remarks. Lord Salisbury's speech has caused a decided rise -in Egyptian stocks. St. Petebsbubg, November 11. It is expected the Russian Government will prohibit the export of wheat this month. ' The ffosts are, to a great extent, preventing relief being giveri)to the people in the famine stricken districts. Vienna, November 11; A nugget of gold weighing one hundred and six poueds has been found in a mine in Transyleafiia. 1 Sofia, November 11. A brother, ofthe man suspected of being accessory to the murder of M. Beltcliff, Minister of Finance, is alleged to have been tortured ;to death at Sofia, in order to compel him to disclose the hiding place of his brother. BeeLIM", November 11. Many members of the German nobility are losers to the extent of some hundreds of thousands of marks by. the failure of tho Beidj|n Banks. Remarkable activity is now _ being showu in^iihe { arsenal at Epandanis, and is crcating-^pie anxiety in Germany. v.jggtjjs^-'V Sydney, This Day. iWuumtfana has demolished many buildings in Yafis town, 190 miles S.W. of Sydney. The upper end of the place is a mass of wreckage. Building materials were scattered four miles around. Melbourne, This Day, Larkin, a well-known Melbourne citizen, and member of the Metropolitan BoarcToT Works, was arrested on a change of falsifying the books of the South Melbourne Building Socieiy. It is expected the defalcations will amount tb LIO,OOO.