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Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 53, 31 August 1896, Page 2

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(Per Press Association!. j Rome, August 29. , Brazil having refused to refer the < Italian claims arising from recent rebel lion to arbitration, caused muoh indig- , nation here ; and Government will pro- | i bably send an ultimatum to tbe Brazil j ian Government. I ' The Italian Government has decided 1 to send Martino, Minister to Brazil, who i has been on a visit to Italy, back to Rio ( Janeiro in the cruiser Reimont to obtain , a settlement of claims and as a safeguard . of the Italian settlers in Brazil. The marriage of the Prince of Naples, heir to the Italian throne, and Prißcess . Helene of Montenegro takew place in • November. i London, August 30. The shipmasters threaten to lock out the Unionist Engineers in the Clyde, \ Belfast, and North East of England, unless 70, who struck at Gowan because a free laborer was retained, resume work. It is feared that 80,000 men will be effected. Mr Reeves, Agent-General for New Zealand, denies the statements made by tbe Economist's Melbourne correspondent that Ministers greatly exaggerate New Zealand's actual surplus. Capetown, August 29. It is estimated that. Khama lost 80,000 head of cattle by rinderpest and his people 500,000. Supplies at Fort Salisbury are becoming exhausted. Ottawa, Aug. 29. An English syndicate offers to develop the meat trade between Canada and England, on condition tbat a subsidy of 125,000 dollars is guaranteed for ten years. The Premier is considering tbe question. Yokohama, Aug. 29. Tbe Premier of Japan has resigned. i