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Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 199, 21 February 1895, Page 2

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(Per Press Association.) London, February 20. > The embankment at Albert Docks lias ( collapsed for a distance of sixty yards. ' The New Zealand and Queensland ! frozen meat by the Star of England is in ' excellent condition. ! The Times Cairo correspondent says the Egyptian Ministry has determined not to resign while they are supported by the English Government. Washington, February 20. The Senate and House of Representatives have disagreed with regard to the vote for a cable to Hawaii and a conference has been appointed to arrange a settlement. A New York syndicate has applied for double the amount of the new bonds. Cairo, February 20. The Al Kharn, a daily paper published in Alexandria, in an article which it is believed is inspired, says the Khedive accuses Lord Cromer, British representative, of duplicity. The Khedive marries the slave of the harem who recently bore him a daughter. Moslem fanatics predict that there will be a rising against the Christians during the feast of Ramadan. Nkw York, February 19. News has been received that the insurgents are besieging Lima, the capital of Peru. Newa has been received bhah fche rebels in Colombia, South America, met the loyalist troops in battle at Santorgesa. The loss on each side was 200 killed, the rebels losing their general. Paris, February 19. Five thousand newly-enrolled French conscripts have been discharged owing to illhealth, the result of the severe cold. Figaro has created a sensation by publishing a statement that, with the exception possibly of thirteen, all the Parisian papers maintain a secret service, and are voted douceurs by financial companies. Stockholm, February 19. King Oscar, in his address at the opening of the Storthing, said thecountry must spend very large sums of money before the strength of the military would be adequate for proper defence.