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Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 181, 3 February 1897, Page 2

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THE YOKOHAMA SENSATION. A ROYAL ELOPEMENT. SCULLING MATCH. ILLNESS OF MADAME MELBA. MURDER OF A CLERGYMAN. (Per Press Association.) LiOndon, February 1. Madame Melba is ill, and it is unlikely that she will sing again this winter. W. Hainea, of Putney, beat Charles Stephen, the ex-New Zealander, in a sculling match on the Tyne course by two lengths. Wheat is 6d lower. Mr Chamberlain has expressed a hope that the provincial centres will have the privilege of welcoming colonial Premiers attending the Queen's celebration. February 2. Sir Thomas Spencer Wells, tho distinguished medico, in dead. Washington, February 2. It is asserted that Lord Salisbury and I President Cleveland will not proclaim the Arbitration Treaty ia force if it is ratified by the American Senate as amended by the Foreign Relation's Committee. Brussels, February 1. Princess Louisa, daughter of Leopold, King ot the Belgians, eloped with an officer of the Austrian Hussars. Tokio, February 1. Mrs Carew was sentenced to denth for the murder of her husband at Yokohama. Constantinople, February 2. A Christian judge named Markulakis has been murdered at Canea, in Crete. Berlin. February 2 The leaders of the Hamburg dock strike now admit that they are unable to con tinue strike pay. Madrid, Februar}' 1. The Queen of Spain's mailbag hiis boen lost and among the letters was one containing money consigned to the Bank of England.