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Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 56, 31 August 1894, Page 2

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REDUCING THE GARRISON AT CYPRUS. PUBLIC HOLIDAYS. ENGLISH POLITICS. COLLAPSE OF THE SCOTCH STRIKE. ARREST OF AN ANARCHIST. THE BOERS AND THEIR NEIGHBOURS. I Per Press Association.) London, August 30. There is some excitement in Cyprus, both in commercial and political circles, in consequence of the reduction of the garrison to fifty men. The Council of the Colonial Institute suggested to the Premier that the Queen's Birthday should be proclaimed a public holiday throughout the Empire. Lord Rosebery replied that the community generally should take action, and not the Government. One obvious objection to the proposal was that it is undesirable to have another holiday so near Whit Monday, which in England is a general holiday. Sir James Whitehoad, Bart, and Mr J \, Picton, Liberal members, who were returned for Leicester at the general election unopposed, having resigned their seats owing to ill-health. The vacancies have been filled by the election of Messrs Broadburst and Hazel, both Liberals, who defeated the Conservative and Labour candidates. The Porto protests against Italian oc cupation of Kassala. The Compte de Puris is suffering from cancer, and his condition causes great anxiety to his friends. The Scotcli coal 6trike shows signs of collapsing. Mr Burney Young, Special Commissioner from South Australia, in a letter to the Times, advocates a revision of the British tariff in the direction of affording greater advantage to the Australian wines imported into England. The Echo thinks Stoddart's team will feel the absence of sufficient first-class bntsmen in the combined matches against all Australia The chief interest) will centre in the performance of the Surrey bowler, Richardson. The net revenue of the Mauclicster Ship Canal for the half-year is 4:36,000. The chairman of the Canal Company said at a meeting that tlie traffic v.a« enormously increasing. They were securing the foreigu trade, including traffic with Australia. Sir John Cowell, who was Master ol the Queen's Household, is dead. Hasberger, a Dundee merchant, bat been convicted of extensive forgeries 011 Scotch and German banks, and sentenced to eight years' pcual servitude. Bkhmn. August 80. On ber trial trip at Dantzic the Prince Heiniich averaged loi knots Washington, August 30. A large amount of wool in bond has been withdrawn and exported with a view of reimportation Rome. Aueust 30. An Anarchist has been arrested ir Milan on a ehnrge of being concerned it a plot to assasain.ite the King of Greece Pretoria, August 80. The Kaffirs have succeeded in aupprea sing the Boer revolt.