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Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 120, 19 November 1896, Page 2

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[Per Press Association! London, Nov. 17. The Daily Telegraph Bays Elvira, daughter of Don Carlos, has eloped with Count Folchi, Italian painter, carrying with her twelve thonsand pounds worth i of jewels. ! A detachment of the Rifle Brigade with ! artillery has been ordered to Rhodesia. i The report of the English and Scottish Bunks shows v total debit of L 34,228. I The Directors state that by an Act passed in 1895 this becomes a capital charge to the contingent fund created under an arrangement in 1893. Under the Act of 1895 the interest payable on the Bank's securities was reduced more than sum* cient to cover the debit balance, the cumulative principle was abolished and provision was made for the reserve fund. The new business continues satisfactory. November 18. The British railway men have demanded that the hours of labor for guards and brakesmen be limited to 11 hours a day, and shunters 8 hours. Jerome Dyer read a paper at the Colonial Institute on Victorian industry In the discussion which followed Sir Westby Percival said the Government ought to improve tbe methods for the distribution of produce. The London County Council, after a heated discussion, accepted a portion of the report of the Committee which censured tbe Works Department. Lord Dunraven suggested a Royal Commission to be net up to enquire into the whole matter. Eventually the debate was adjourned. Rome, Nov. 17. The treaty with Abyssinia is ratified. The Kaiser and the President of France have congratulated the King of Italy. Cairo, Nov. 18. Eight judges — a Frenchman, German, Italian, Russian, Greek, and three natives— are hearing the appeal in Alex, andria against the judgment of the Egyptian Mixed Tribunal, which held that the use of the Caisse De La Dette for the expenses of the Soudan expedition -was illegal. The English Judge will not take pact ia the proceedings.