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Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 84, 14 January 1892, Page 2

THE LATEST.

(Received January 14, 10.15 a.m.) London, January 13. The new army regulations allot two annual commissions each to New South Wales, Victoria, Qeenslaud, South Australia, and New Zealand ; and one biennial to Tasmania. Madame Bodisoh has bequeathed £10,000 to the Girton College. A bomb has been found in a bush at Hamstead Heath, the general opinion being that it was placed there by the Anarchists who wished to test its strength. Speaking at Petchorth, Lord Knutsford declared that the colonies were changing their course in connection with Home Rule for Ireland, and if England conceded the demands of the Irish for selfgovernment the colonies would ask themselves whether it Was to their interest to remain united to Great Britain. Lord Roseberry declines to seek reelection for the London County Council on the ground that the elections are fought on political lines. Paris, January 13. The Technical committee which WBS appointed to study tho best means of victualling Pans in case of a seige advise the construction of freezing chambers and abattoirs at La Villette sufficiently large to enable an enormous quantity of frozen meat to be stored. They express perference for this plan on the ground that the necessity of providing fodder for animals will be saved by it. Two hundred thousand bottles of benedictin were destroyed by fire at Fecamp, a Channel seaport. Cairo, January 13. The British Army of Occupation will parade in front of Abdin Palace at Cairo for the purpose of saluting Khedive Abbas on his arrival. St. Petersburg, January 13. Hundreds of Jews were wounded in a riot at Sarratoy and two thousand families reduced to beggary. Tho retirement of General Gourko from the Governorship of Warsaw is considered an indication of pacific intentions towards Germany. Hong Kong, January 12. The steamer Namchow sank in the China Sea, 400 of those on board being drowned. Sydney, This Day. The harvest in the Gundagai district is very poor and the yield is the worst for years. The Countesses Jersey and Galloway leave for New Zealand on Monday, via Melbourne. Wellington, This Day. W. H. Hardwick, organist and choirmaster of St Mark's Church, died last night. He also filled the position of organist to the Grand Lodge of Freemasons of New Zealand. The cause of death was creeping paralysis which attacked him about 10 montns ago. The police authorities are much annoyed at the statements about the Pahiatua poisoning, which have found their way into print, and complain they are not only exaggerated, but are calculated to thwart their researches into the matter by giving warnings to the criminal, if any. Masterton, This Day. The Wairarapa Daily, which recently forwarded a specimen of the grub which is causing damage to the crops of wheat in this district for analysis, received the following telegram from Sir James Hector yesterday : — " The grub you now send with wheat is the larva condition of the Hessian fly (cicidomyia destructor). It is the same pest which appeared near Marton in January, 1888, and was successfully suppressed. It is much regretted that it has re-appeared, as it is a frightful pest. I have referred the matter to the Minister of Agriculture."