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Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 307, 7 May 1894, Page 2

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• CHOLERA OUTBREAK. SIR V. HARCOURT'S REPORTED 8 RESIGNATION. a PARNELLITES DECLINE TO VOTE ON REGISTRATION BILL. t ( ANOTHER MUTINY PREDICTED , IN 1ND14.. 1 AN ENORMOUS BILLIARD BREAK l A NEW BULLETPROOF DREttS. , — i (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION!. Londo>. Mayo Cholera i.s reported to be prevalent in j Kieff and Padolia. ( A persistent rumour is current that t Sir Vernon Harcourt resigns his official < position at the end of the session. In t his denial Sir V Harcourt is very guarded. < Six anti-ParnrJliies and eight Purnelhtes, beside several Liberals, declined to ] vote on the Registration Bill i The profits on the London Bank of t Australia at the t-nd cf 1893 were £5986. < The Bank pays a dividend on preference ' shares but none on the ordinary shares, \ and carries forward £2080 The directors « state that the securities have been strin i gently revalued, and losses and deprecia tions have been provided for out of the i contingency fund, of which the balance < amply provides against any further loss. i Hubert, an Englishman, claims to have i invented a bullet-proof dress superior to that of Downs. He intends to present the patent rights to the War Office freo of * any charge ' The Calcutta correspondent of the Spectator has sent an alarming article predicting: another Indian Mutiny. Ho bases his opinion on the fact of the natives smearing trees, and other fanatical indica tions. Roberts, the billiard champion, has made a break of 1392 in 81 minutes. The Ruahine left Plymouth to-day for Auckland, via Teneriffe, Capetown, and Hobart. Bbdsskl", May 6. The King of the Belgians performed the ceremony of opening the Antwerp Exhibition. Ottawa, May 6. Mr Reid, the Victorian Minister for Detence, delivered an address at a meeting in the city, at which Lord Aberdeen and many otber notables were present. He met with an enthusiastic reception.