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Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 132, 3 December 1895, Page 2

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KING LEOPOLD TO VISIT ENGLAND. RUSSIA INCREASING HER FLEET FOR TB.E EAST. THE REBELLION IN CUBA. ! (Pev Press Association.) London, Dec 1. Balfour will be tried at the Old Bailey on December 9th on the charge of evading his creditors. Smith, the African explorer, has discovered fifteen tribes of pigmies in the north Lakes of Rudolph and Stephanie, iv the country between Abysinnia and British East Africa. The British statement of claim in the Costa liica Packet arbitration case has been handed to Professor Maartens, the arbitrator. There is a great uproar in Dublin University by the nomination of Wright and Leaky, historian, to contest the vacancy caused by Plnnkett's elevation to the peerage. Lecky is beiug rou«hly hamllcd on account of his religious opinions. . King Leopold visits England to discuss the Stokes incident. Dr. John Murray has received a medal of the Royal Society to commemorate his services in the Challenger expedition. Sir Joseph Lister has been elected President of the Society. St. Petersburg, Drc. 2. Russia is increasing her volunteer fleet for the East. Paris, Dec. 2. The Cabinet is considering a charge of breaches oi tho civil trust brought against Minister Bosch. M. Laroche, Prefect of the Department of Haute Ganonne, has boen appointed President General in Madagascar. Calcutta Dee 1. The revolt of the Portuguese soldiers at Goa has been suppressed Madrid, Dec. 1. Fifteen members of the Municipality have been indicted on a charge of defrauding the public. An assassin attcmp'ed to murder the Marquis Cabrinante, the originator of the exposure. December 2. Marsha] C.xmpos' inactivity in Cuba provokes grave criticism, but the Go vernmenf, being in a minority, is unwilling to summon the Chamber, and the Queen refrains from dissolving Parliament because such action would compel a general election.