ARREST of a SPANISH MERCHANT.
(Per Press Association.) London, July 22. The drought has created a water famine in Leicestershire. Landlords have withdrawn their opposition to the passage of the Irish Land Law Reform Bill through the House of Commons. Lord Tweed ale succeeds Sir John Pender as chairman of the Eastern Extension Company. July 23. Mr Chamberlain, who presided at the Cord waiters' dinner, in replying to tbe toast of his health, and in referring to Parliamentary procedure, said no other Parliament in the world wasted so much time nightly as did the British. The French and United States legislatures only occupied one tenth of the period of the British Parliament, and our present system was not suited to modern conditions. It was, he continued, unjust to blame Mr Balfour, the leader of the House, for tbe waste of time. He declared that no party leader was more skilful in conducting the business of the House. Rome, July 23. The Marquis Rudini, having failed to obtain the release of the Italian prisoners in Shoa, expresses himself doubtful of the efficacy of a peace treaty with King Menelik. Madrid, Jnly 23. Ribot, a rich merchant, has been arrested in Barcelona on a charge of coni cealing a number of Anarchists after the | bomb explosion in June last.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 21, 24 July 1896, Page 2
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217ARREST of a SPANISH MERCHANT. Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 21, 24 July 1896, Page 2
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