LATE TELEGRAMS.
By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright Jpku united press association! London, March 3. The Prince and Princess of Wales and Prince George have returned to town, after three weeks stay at Eastbourne, much improved in health. Princess Mary stayed with theni. Panmnre Gordon states that the Premier of Victoria cables that the million raised yesterday will be sufficient for Victoria, for the current year. The restriction of the coal output has caused 200,000 Lancashire factory operatives to be thrown out of work. The poorer classes in London are suffering acutely from the bitter weather. The price of coal has advanced another 4s owing to the feyensh demand. March 4. A young Englishman named Peel is reported to haye won .£IB,OOO at Monte Carlo. News from the west coast of Africa has been received that native soldiers belong, ing to the Portuguese expedition on Lake Nyassa have revolted, and are plundering the trading stations. Beblin, March 3. Further prosecutions are to be instituted against tho various German papers for hostile comments on the Kaiser's speech. March 4. A church in Valencia was partly demolished by the expolsion of dynamite. Madrid, March 3. An immense bomb, with fuse burning, was found in the streets in Madrid. The police have discovered the existence of an Anarchist plot to blow up the German Consulate at Barcelona with djnamite. Seyeral arrests have been made in connection with the affair. Buda Pesth, March 3. Children are dying of starvation in Hungary. Sydney, March 4. The operations of the Chinese Secret Society, which has just been unearthed, aro causing serious apprehensions. It is called the Loong Lee Long. On Wednesday tho police frustrated a plot devised by the members to attack an opponent, but another is threatened in the small hours of to-morrow morning. The members of the Society came from the most ferocious districts in China. The reward for the assassination of their victim is said to have been increased to £200. Melbourne, March 4. The Windsor tragedy promises to rank amongst the sensational crimes of the ' colonies. The cottage was let in December and occupied by a man and woman who were surrounded by a certain amount of mystery. The crime was discovered by a prospective tenant visiting the house, where he detected a disagreeable odour. The hearthstone was dug up and a cement casing was reached, and when broken open it disclosed a body doubled up, and the cement had to be picked away piece by piece before an examination could be made. A deep cut was found in the throat, and a wound in the head. There is no clue to the identity of the individuals.
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Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 106, 5 March 1892, Page 2
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