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Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 131, 2 December 1895, Page 2

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NARROW ESCAPE OF A TROOPSHIP. DISASTROUS STORM IN ODESSA. 500 LIVES LOST. FUNERAL OF DUMAS. FATAL MINING ACCIDENT. (Per Press Association.) London, November 29. The Duke of Devonshire declined to promise that facilities should be given to the University of London, which at present is the only examining body for teaching. He stated Government was undecided at present, «ni he thought they must avoid limiting the Imperial character of the University. The measurement freights by sailing vessels to Melbourne and Sydney will be raised 2s 6d per ton about the middle of December. The Indian troopship Malabar, with 1500 troops on board, ran into a fog when near Portsmouth, and only escaped running on the rocks at the Isle of Wight by a couple of hundred yards. St. Petersburg. Nov. 29. During the recent storm in Odessa 500 lives were lost, either by drowning or frozen to death. The Anglo-French negotiations with regard to Mekong are at a deadlock. It is reported that tbe Chinese have dislodged the French force from Kienghung, which was recently ceded. J Berlin. Nov. 29. The police haye closed eleven Social ! and Democratic clubs, including the Central. A committee is conducting the movement throughout Germany. Rome, Nov. 29. Signor Crispi stated in the Italian Chamber of Deputies that he was closely watching the growing solidity of the Catholic revival, but was prepared to meet the followers of the Vatican when they pleased. He promised to uphold the rights of the State. The Pope is supporting the " noble and just cause of Armenia." Paris, Dec. 1. Although the funeral of Dumas was announced to be private, an immense concourse of people attended. New York, Dae. 1. A mine caved in in Carinel, New York County, aod thirteen miners were killed.