LATE TELEGRAMS.

Feilding Star, Volume XIV, Issue 115, 18 March 1893, Page 2

LATE TELEGRAMS.

Hy Electric Telegraph.— Copyright PKB PRESS ASSOCIATION). . London, March 15. ' A mass meeting of 20,000 publicans j has passed resolutions protesting agaiust tbe Local Control Bill. Lord Burton denounced it as the , harshest form of tyranny, and an attempt to pander to tbe votes of hypocrites and Dissenters. The measure, if passed, would ruin the trade. He denied that the work ing classes desired any such Bill. March 16. At a meeting of 5000 Unionists at Dublin, comprised of Catholics and Protestants of all classes, resolutions protesting ugainst Home Rule were carried. Archbishop Plunkett declared that Ireland was being sacrificed to the whim of a consummate political nmchiefmaker. Tho meeting was characterised by immense enthusiasm. The Ulster Defence Union hnye issued a manifesto signed hy tl«c Duke of Abercorn, Marquis of Londonderry, tho Karl of Krne, !>nd others, convening an assembly of 900, the elected delegates in Belfast who may benuthonsed to declare a polic? and direct the actions of the Ulster Unionists. In the butter report received by Sir A. Clarke, Acting Agent-general fur Vie tona, the importers condemn blending, and asked that inspectors be appointed to prevent it They also sugest that each factory should be registered, as in America . March 17. Mr Gladstone states that he is unable to introduce the Payment of Members Bill this session, although he will support the measure if brought in by a private member. Mr Gladstone is now convalescent. Lord Salisbury's iafluouza has taken a mild form, aud he passed a better night. Lord Ouslow has withdrawn his Bill to compel branding of frozen meat on a promise that select committee shall be appointed to enquire into the whole matter. The Daily News states that the Scotch Suspensory (Ecclesiastical) Bill will probably bo dropped. Sir E. Grey, Under Secretary Foroign Affairs, iv reply to Mr liogau, said France hud never stated she would bo -willing to exchange New Caledonia for the Fulklaud Islauds. Bkrlix, March 17. Caprivi refused to listen to proposals for accommodation respecting the Army Bill, made by the Ultra- Montane and National-Liberal sections of the Reichstag on the ground that the concessious offered were inadequate. The committee of the Reichstag has rejected the Army Bill on the motion for second reading.