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Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 45, 21 August 1896, Page 2

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GREAT STRIKE OF SEAMEN THREATENED. ANOTHER REBELLION IN CHINA. MORE ANARCHIST OUTRAGES. DANGEROUS ARTILLERY PRACTICE. (Per Press Association.) CONBTANTINOPLB, Augßßt 20. Turkey baa mobilised 420,000 troops. London, August 20. The New Zealand Minerals Co. has been allotted. Tbe estimated American visible sup* ply of wheat is 67,300,000 bushels. Wilson, Tilletfe and Mann are carrying on a vigorous propaganda. Among seamen in the western parts of Europe it is expected there will be a general strike when a million men are enrolled by tbe Unions. Obituary— Mark Twain's eldest daughter. There was an enormous attendance at Millais' funeral. A Consolidated Gold Trust of London Paris and Brussels is being formed with a capital of half a million sterling. Ottawa, August 20. The Manitoba school question has been settled on tbe basis of allowing re* ligious teaching in tbe schools daily. Pabis. August 20. The newspapers refers in cordial terms to Sir Edmund Monson's appointment as British Ambassador here. During artillery practice at Toulon several shots struck the warship Brennus, nearly killing Admiral Gervais. Rome, Angust 20. Tbe Prince of Naples will be married to Princess Helene of Montenegro in November. Hong Kong, August 20. Tbe Kausu rebels have defeated the Chinese and dispersed five camps. The Chinese General Tung only escaped by means of a disguise. Madrid, August 20. A plot was discovered to dynamite the castle of Grandja, the residence the infant Isabella. Many Anarchists were arrested at Barcelona.