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Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 104, 30 October 1896, Page 2

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«. (Per Press Association.) Capetown Oct. 28. Colonel Baden-Powell has destroyod many of tbe Matabele kraals and a general surrender of the natives is expected shortly. Paris, Oct. 29. The Senate and Chamber of Deputies have re assembled. M.M. Brisou and Loubet made eloquent references to the Czar's speeches, wbich tbey said inspired confidence, hope and enthusiasm among the people of France. St. Petersburg, Oct. 28. M. Pobiedonostzeff, in the conrse of an interview, said there was no real alliance between Russia and France— only friendly relations. The Navoe Vreineyer Bays it is impossible for the Powers to sanction the continuance of illegal occupation of Egypt by Great Britain even at the date fixed for evacuation. The Novosti urges that Congress be convened to revise the treaty of Berlin. Madrid, October 28. A conspiracy against Spanish authorities has been discovered in Sooloo Is-

lands and reinforcements have been sent from Manila in the Philippines. New York, Oct. 28. Two elevators containing over a million bushels of wheat were destroyed by fire in Chicago. Vienna, Oct. 28. M. I. Tschigarin, a Russian player, won the chess tournament, with Charonset a close second. Austrian newspapers express dismay at Bismarck's revelation, but profess faith in the Emperor of Germany despite the double dealing of the es Chancellor. London, October 28. The Docks Committee has fixed the storage rate for frozen meat at Smithfield i at *26s Der ton for 28 days alter the first discharge, including wharfage and car- \ riaae rates. McEwan and Co. report that the results of the year are £15,000 better tban those of 1895 and £2,700 better than the average for the two preceding years. The price of wheat in England and United States is fluctuating and the market is slightly easier. October 29. The balance-sheet of Dalgety and Co. shows a profit of L ( J3,865. A dividend of eight per cent was declared and L13,8(55 carried forward. The New Zealand and Australian Land Co. declared a diyidend of four per cent. Justice Williams has granted the application for the compulsory winding-up of Alfred Shaw and Co , hardware merchant.?, of Mflbourne and Loudon. The cyclists, Megson, Lewis, and Payne havo sailed for Australia. Calcutta, October 29. There is still no prospect of rain falling and a famine throughout the country is inevitable.