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Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 303, 2 May 1894, Page 2

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WELSH CHURCH DISESTABLISHMENT BILL. RUSSIA AND THE PAMIRS. VIENNA MASONS STRUCK FOR SHORTER HOURS. A MATABELE CHIEF AND FAMILY POISONED. DISASTROUS FLOODS IN CANADA SOCIAL REFORM IN FRANCE. (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION). London. May 2. Arrived— Perthshire, s.s., froin Port Chalmers ; Lake Erie, from Lyttelton ; Ester, from the Bluff. The Otago and Southland Investment Company transfer £5000 from the reserve to the profit and loss to meet the losses, and carry forward Replying to a deputation from the Associated Chambers of Agriculture, Mr Lefevre, the President of the local Government Board, agreed to appoint a Select Committee to inquire into the working of the Oleo-Margarine Act. The deputation suggested the inquiry should be extended to dairy produce. Mr Lefevre promised to consider the matter. A cargo of butter and meat, ex Duke of Westminster, has arrived in good condition. Capktown, April 30. Gambo, one of the leading chiefs of Matabele, and his family have been poisoned at Buluwaj r o. An inquiry into the circumstances has opened. Vienna, May 1. The Austrian Emperor is trying to reconcile the Czar and Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria. It is reported here that the Sultan is likely to invite the Powers to recognise the Government of Bulgaria. Thirty thousaud Vienna masons have struck for shorter hours. St. I'ktebsbubg. Maj 1. Russia has promised China not to make an advance towards the Pamir frontier, pending a final agreement as to I the boundaries. Pabis, VTay 1. The French Premier, speaking in the Chamber of Deputies, said they must devote themselves to the work of reforming the morals of the nation. The rich should, he maintained, be compelled tc bear heavier taxation. Ottawa, May 1. The river Noir, in Quebec, overflowed its banks, destroying farm-houses and doing extensive damage. Twenty persons were drowned