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Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 311, 11 May 1894, Page 2

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SIR W. V. HARCOURT. VAST NIHILIST CONSPIRACY. HEAVY FIGHTING IN CENTRAL AMERICA. THE HOISTING OFHHE BRITISH FLAG AT WADELAI. MR R. REID IN CANADA. LORD ROSEBERYS DETERMINED ATTITUDE. EXTENSIVE LOCK-OUT IN SCOTLAND. (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION l. London, May 10. The World says that Sir W. V. Harcourt will shortly recoive an Earldom. St Petersburg, May 10. j A vast Nihilist conspiracy has been discovered in St. Petersburg. Hundreds of arrests have been effected. New York. May 9. News from Central America states that the Government troops have inflicted three successive defeats on the rebels in San Salvador. In the engagements 400 were killed and 1500 wounded, most of them severely. Lord Rosebery, speaking at a meeting of the National Liberal Club, said the Government would persevere with their programme, even if they hud only t» tnajoiity of two. Thirty thousand miner- in Scoria d refused to agree to a reduction m wages, and have in coneequhnce been locked out by the mine-owners. Paris, May 9. The Journal des Debat contends that the hoisting of the British flag at Wadelai is the first step to the conquest of the entire Nine Valley. Ottawa, May 9. Mr Reid, the Victorian delegate, met with an enthusiastic reception at Toronto. He delivered an address on the objects of his mission. Sir J. Thompson, Premier of the Dominion, who was present, said the Canadians were united in the desire for close relations with Australia. |