TO-DAY'S CABLES.
HOME POLITICS. AN EPISODE OF THE MATABELE CAMPAIGN. 164 DEATHS FROM INFLUENZA. CONTROL OF BECHUANALAND. THE CATHOLICS IN POLAND. By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright (per press association.) London, December 19. It is suggested that the present session shall be continued throughout the next year owing to the backward state of the business. Among the arguments brought forward in support of the proposition is the avoidance of the Queen's speech and the debate on the Address-iu-Reply. That portion of Bechuanaland which has the British protectorate has petitioned the Imperial Government for annexation. December 20. . Daring the past week 164 persons have died from influenza in London. Capetown, December 19. Captain Williams, who was one of the party following np the Matabele, had his horse shot under him. He was surrounded by the natives, and, as he refused to surrender, was shot dead. Several others of the party were killed after their revolvers became empty. Rome, December 19. The Pope is appealing bo the Czar to modify the treatment to which Poh'sh Roman Catholics are subjected.
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Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 197, 21 December 1893, Page 2
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175TO-DAY'S CABLES. Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 197, 21 December 1893, Page 2
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