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Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 59, 4 September 1894, Page 2

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THE VICTORIAN RAILWAYS. A DISASTROUS FIRE. ITALY AND ABYSSINIA. NEWSPAPER OFFICE WRECKED BY SOLDIERS. A COURT-MARTIAL COUNTERMANDED. THE CONTROL OF SAMOA. THE FEDERATIOF QUESTION. •PEB PKES* A»*nCIATION » London, September 3. The Economist condemns the Victorian Ministers for having recklessly spent large sums in building railways as a sop to the electors, as many of the branch lines were never likely to pay, and were not required. The Miowera left Plymouth for Australia, via the Cape, on Sunday. The Eilangen, from Sydney to Hamburg, was totally wrecked on the Maldive Islands. A portion of the cargo will probably be saved. The Times thinks the triumph of Freetrade in New South Wales and the decline of Protection in Victoria augur well for the Federal movement. Athens. September 2 One hundred and thirty officers and soldiers wrecked the office of the Akrapolis newspaper at Athens in revenge for attacks in its columns on the army. Washington, Se tember 2 Three blocks of tbe cbief business premises in Austin, Texas, were burned. The damage is estimated at 5,000,000 dollars. Many persons caught in the top stories of the buildings were unable to escape, and lost their lives. Rome. September 2. Italy has offered Eing Menelek, of Abyssinia, to extend his territory towards the Upper Nile, and eject the Dervishes, if he accepts a protectorate. Caibo Sppt. 3. The Khedive has countermanded the court-marshal upon Ali -Cherif Pasha, who was accused of slave dealing. Beelin. Sept. 3. T)ae Vossische Zietung says the Cabinet of Berlin, London, and Washington are convinced it is necessary to abolish the tripartite, control of Samoa, but all of tbem are reluctant to take the initiative. It suggests that a conference should be held to discuss the matter.