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Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 110, 15 March 1892, Page 2

THE LATEST.

(Received, March 15, 10.35 a.m.) Constantinople, March 14. Two armed men were captured in the palace. It is believed they intended to murder the Sultan. Brblin, March 14Th e Emperor is urging that work should be found for the unemployed in order to prevent a recurrence of the disorders. The Guelph fund, amounting to two millions sterling, will be returned to the Duke of Cumberland upon his promising loyalty to the German Empire Madbid, March 14. The manufacture of artificial wines in Spain is forbidden. Pahis, March 14. The houses of Anarchists in Paris have been searched and two arrests made. The prisoners are supposed to be the authors of a recent theft of dynamite, which, it is believed, has been sent to Russia. Melboubjte, This Day. The Government statist estimates the Victorian wheat crops at 13,508,800 bushels, equal to an average of 10J bushels per acre. The total value of wheats, oats, barley, potatoes, and hay raised in the colony is estimated at J64,744,000. The largest amount for several years. The Cabinet has not suspended the Commissioners as threatened, but directed the Minister to proceed with his investigation. Ottawa, March 14. The result of the Canadian elections is regarded as a protest against the American tendencies of the Liberals. Mercier returns to New York to avoid arrest. London, March 14. The Queen laments the death of the Grand Duke of Hesse whom she mourns as her beloved son-in-law. Many works have been stopped through want of coal. Eighty thousand miners have resumed work in Wales. It expected Mr Lidderdale, Governor of the Bank of England will, on Thursday, propose the transfer of JBanngs securities to a Trust Company which will pay off the bank. The Irish non- Conformists appeal to their brethren of England and Wales to defeat Gladstone's Home Rule proposals at the general election. Sydney, This Day. During the debate on the railway estimates W. F. Schey, member for Eedfern, accused the Railway Commissioners of favoring the Proudfoots in the matter of railway contracts. The Commissioners have asked the Government to hold an enquiry, but the latter declined on the ground they did not attach any importance to ithe charges. Proudfoot has issued a writ against Schey, claiming £10,000 damages. In consequence of the reduction in the immigration vote the Premier has cabled to the Agent-General instructions to stop all immigration to the colony. Adelaide, This Day. Owing to complications which have arisen, the exploring expedition is abandoned for the present. Napieb, This Day. Ferry's hotel at the Western Spit was totally destroyed by fire this morning.