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Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 147, 18 December 1894, Page 2

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GABLES. «, THE LABOR MOVEMENT AND THE SOCIALISTS. BARON SCHRODER'S COMPANY. DEATH OF A WELL-KNOWN PAINTER. ITALIAN BANK SCANDALS. THE FRENCH IN AFRICA. THE NEWFOUNDLAND CRISIS. THE CONTROL OF SWAZILAND. (PRB PRKRB ASSOCIATION) Washington, December 17. The Banking Committee of the House of Representatives approves of the Currency Bill introduced by Mr J. G Carlisle, Treasurer The Convention of the American Federation of Labor has rejected the Socialist plank in the Federation's programme. Paris, December 17. It is reported that the Malagasys will accept the French conditions, being con. vinced of the futility of resistance. France has secured the Hinterland behind Dahomey by means of a treaty with King Borgou. Berlin, December 16. Prince Ilohenlohe, the German Chancellor, is ill through worry and harass* ment. During the discussion in the Reichstag on the motion to prosecute the Socialists, he remained seated in his chair, with his head bowed down, and sometimes fell asleep. Constantinople, Deo. 17. It is believed that the decision of the Porte in regard to the Armenian enquiry indicates that the European entente cordiale will end in a re grouping of the Towers on the Eastern question. Buenos Ayhes, December 17. Reports as to the Argentine harvest are conflicting. Experts, however, estimate that 7 million quarters of wheat will be available for export) Rome, December 17. Parliament has been prorogued. Parliament was prorogued in order to check|the Premier's tactics aud the endeavour of the committees to involve Signor Crispi in the Banco Rornanca scandals. It is expected that a dissolution will take place in the spring. London, December 17. Shares in Baron Schroder's Assets Company formed to take oyer the Union Mortgage aud Agency Company's guaranteed Mortgage have been alloted. The death is announced of Sir Oswald Walter Brierly, mariuo painter to the Queen, who visited New Zealand with the Duke of Edinburgh in the Galatea, in 1867. St. John's, December 16. The Imperial Government has offered to assist the Newfoundland Government if invited, aud to send a Commission to enquire into tbe cause of the crisis. The panic is now subsiding. Capetown. Dec. 16. President Kruger, of tho Transvaal, states that the new Swaziland Convention which ho has signed assures the Transvaal of suzerainty over Swaziland, rihl grants Great Britain power to appoint a Consul. Germany and France will not permit Great Britain to annex the Delagoa Bay district.