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Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 281, 3 June 1896, Page 2

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♦ I IRISH EDUCATION BILL. (Per Press Association.) London, June 1. The Irish Education Bill is endangered owing to the attitude of the Catholic Bishops. The Agents-General leaye on Monday to attend the Telegraph Conference at Bnda-Pesth. The Pacific cable question will be postponed till their return. Excesses committed by the rebels in Nicaragua compelled the British and American warships to land marines at Corinto to defend the English bank. General Meluta threatened to attack them, whereupon the ships cleared for action, and the General apologised. Mr Sinclair, Victorian produce agent, is visiting the Scottish centres to encourage a direct trade. Sir C. Tupper considers there is a good prospect of the colonies maturing a scheme, at an early date, which will justify Lord Salisbury in denouncing the German and Belgian treaties. Cairo, June 1. Tbe Moslem students in Cairo resisted the cholera officials, closed the door of the school, and stoned the Governor. I Hong Kong, June 1. The Chinese Government has engaged Col. Liebert, of Berlin, to organise the army. He will be accompanied by twenty drill instructors. Washington, dune 2. Mr Smalley, a well-known correspondent, states the Republicans aro wavering over the silver question. It is also probable the silver party will be in the ascendant at the Democratic Convention in Chicago.