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Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 301, 26 June 1896, Page 2

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• [Per Press Association.! London, June 25. The Monowai Goldmining Company of New Zealand with a capital of £150,000 is being issued. £25,000 wortli of shares are to be offered to the public. Zerloche, who leads the Antarctic expedition sails in September in the whaler Belgic. The Christions in Crete are refusing relief proffered by the Turkish officials. While H.M.S. Blake was doing a trial run at full speed, the exhaust pipe burst, and one of tbo port boilers collapsed. One stoker was killed and five injured. Oxford University conferred the Doctorship of Law on Messrs Chamberlain, Morley, and Baya,rd. Ottawa, June 24. Tbe Canadian Liberals bave obtained a majority of 36 iv tbe general election. There has been a remarkable change in the feeling of tbe electors in the province of Quebec owing to discontent with the educational policy in Manitoba. Melbourne brewery debenture holders have authorised the issue of an additional 40,000, which have been placed at a reduced interest of 5 per cent. Capetown, June 24. The relief fund in aid of the relatives of those lost in the Drummond Castle has reached £10,0u0. Tbe Legislative Assembly bas carrested a resolution demanding that pay ments towards the Basutaland deficit shall cease. Madrid, June 25. Two Anarchists have been arrested in Havannah on suspicion of being connected with the recent bomb outrages. Alarmed at tbe indications of sym pathy in tbe United States with the Cuban insurgents tbe Spanish Government bas determined to pour 100,000 more men into Cuba before January. Cairo, June 25. Refugees from Suarda state that the people there are longing for tbe protection of the British Government. Ontario, June 25. In the province of Quebec four Ministers were defeated, and tbis turned the scale against the Government. Tbe Catholic Bishops were in favour of the Government, but their support was useless. Laurier's party secured fifty seats, and this result is regarded as a protest against clerical domination. New York, June 25. The New York Democrats bave adopted the gold standard.