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Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 106, 5 March 1892, Page 2

THE LATEST.

(Received, March 6, 10.5 a.m.) London, March 4. Mr Coose, Conservative candidate for the vacant seat of Chertsey, caused by the death of Mr F. A. Hankey, was returned by a majority of 1838 over Mr Barker, the Liberal representative. Sydney, This Day. The total population of Australasia on December 31st last was 3,832,065. Melbourne, This Day. The Mercantile Bank of Australia has suspended payment owing to the continued withdrawal of deposits. The whole of the securities are intact. Perth, This Day. The drought in the northern districts has broken up and the country is flooded for miles around. Two new lodes of surprising richness have been discovered in the Murchison gold field. Wellington, This Day. In the early hours this morning a feud took place between two brothers, J. 0. and Fred. Windsor, cabmen, when Fred, stabbed his brother in the back, bead, and arm with a small pocket knife. The wound in the head is only a small scalp one, but that in the arm is more serious. The offender was taken into custody and charged at the Police Court this morning, aud remanded until Tuesday. Danevirke, This Day. The Hawkes Bay Timber Company's fine mill at Taoahi was totally destroyed by fire last night. Timaru, This Day. A youth |named McCae, employed on a farm at Pleasant Point, accidently shot himself yesterday by dragging a gun through a wire fence. He died this morning.