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Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 98, 16 February 1892, Page 2

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4 By Electric Telegraph. — Copyright. 1 (PBII UNITED PHISSS ASSOCIATION.) n London, February 13. i- The Earl and Countess of Glasgow and \. family will probably sail for N> w Zea--0 land early in March. H.M.S. Victoria, which went ashore , r near Platen, on the Greek coast, and _ subsequently floated off, hns arrived at 2 Malta. 8 Typhus fever has appeared among (he , batch of Jewish emigrants forwarded to ,| New York from Odessa by Baron Hirsch. Eighty-one eases are already in the '" hospital. '' Colonial stocks arc firmer, owing to a '* cablegram published that the Associated, c Banks in Melbourne are taking up the lV Victorian Treasury bills, which is re» n garded as an intention to. borrow locally. 5 ' The Economist considers that the issue c . of Treasury bills indicates impecuniosity, and is worse than issuing a loan, as it ir creates an impression that the colonies ! " have no resources, and are simply piling S on their floating debt. ') The Privy Council has dismissed, with costs, the appeal in the case of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company v. Roberts, it late Postmaster-General of New South i- Wales, as nominal defendant for the n Government, The claim was one against ii the Government of New South Wales f by the Pacific Company, to recover 1 £11,750, and interest, making in all t £14,304, for services rendered in conveyb ing the mails between Sydney and San r Francisco from 29th November, 1884, to s to 29th November, 1885. The contention ', of the Government was that no such coni. tract existed, because it was made sube ject to the concurrence of the Govern- , ment of New Zealand, which ooncur* ', rence was never obtained. At the trial in i Sydney the Court decided against the i, Company, which appealed to the Privy 3 Council, with the result that thejudgs, ment of the Court has been upheld. Sir W. V. Harcourt declined to supi port (he amendment to the address-in-t Reply moved by Mr Redmond for an i. amnesty to political prisoners. The 1 amendment, which was negatived by a % large majority, was supported by under t 40 of the Gladstone Parly, i General Booth states that the terms b offered in New Zealand for the establish* c ment of his oversea colonies were easier t than those of Cape Colony, but the dis« i tance barred their acceptance. General Booth on his arrival met with an enthusiastic, though rather grotesque welcome. 1 Five thousand of his " soldiers " and a regiment of Amazons escorted the Geneeral to the Salvation Hall in Southampton. 9 During the examination of Mrs Har- ' greaves in the charge of larceny and perjury against Mrs Osborne she ennced r much sympathy with tho accused and 1 subsequently visited her in prison. 1 February 14. Obituaries— The Rev. Donald Fraser * and Admiral Provo Wallis. General Booth received several thousl and Salvationists in Hyde Park. The procession started from the Armys'head- " quarters and the traffic of the city in its route was blocked for over an hour. " There were many banners carried depict* , ing incidents in the General's colonial ; tour. r Pabis, February 13- --, M. De Freycinct, the Premier, has introduced into the Chamber of Deputies J a Bill, the provisions of which are hostile to religious societies, and are con- * sidered to be the prelude to the possible separation of Church and State. February 14. The National Porcelain Factory at Sevres is on fire. The manufactory is State property St. Petebsbubg, February 13. The Russian squadron will visit Cher--3 bourg in the summer. February 14. t Sixteen thousand refugees from the . Russian famine districts have arriyed at St. Petersburg and are billeted upon the residents. 3 Lisbon, February 13. [ A bomb was exploded in the Spanish i Consulate to-day. The windows of the 3 buildiug were shattered, but fortunately - no lives were lost. 3 The coal porters have resumed work on i the terms existing before the strike. j The Miners' Federation in Manchester i representing 175,000 men, has decided 3 to stop work in the collieries after fourt teen days from March 12th in order to 3 reduce supplies. The coalmasters maintain ineir right : to employ freemen and refuse to recede t from the position taken np. I =====