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Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 83, 5 October 1896, Page 2

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(Per Press Association ) London, Oct 3. Obituary— William Morris, poet and art worker, letat 62. It is said Khaled will be alloted land in the German dominions, and the press hint he will regain his sovereign rights. The Czar and Czarina have left Balmoral. They distributed presents freely before their departure. Mr Gladstone ashures MuataphaKamil, the Egyptian Anglo Phile, that he offered France in 1892 to discuss the evacuation of Egypt, but went out office before a reply was received. Mr George DnMarier, novelist, is in critical health, and his condition causes anxiety to his friends. Mr Trenwith, the well-known Labour representative of Victoria, addressed a meeting of workers at Battersea, and met with a hearty reception. Stockholm, Oct. 2. The Swedish elections resulted in the return of 128 Freetraders and 102 for Protection. New York, Oct. 2. The commission to investigate the boundary dispute between Venezuela and Great Britain will meet next week. During a political meeting in Burlington, State of lowa, a platform fell and Mr A. E. Stevenson, Vice-President of the United States, was injured. Paris, Oct. 2. News has been received that the insurgents made an attack on General (iallieni, the new French President in Madagascar, immediately on his arrival in the island and consequently a. state of siege was proclaimed. An autocar race has taken place from Paris to Marseilles and back, the distance being 1051 miles. The winner took 72 honrs unon the journey. The ifrench have arrested two Siamese postmen on the right bank of the Mekong.