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Feilding Star, Volume XIX, Issue 106, 1 November 1897, Page 2

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(Per Press Association.) London, October 80. Mr C. T. Ritchie, President of tbe Board of Trade, i* preparing an amended statement of tbe points wbich be con siders should be referred to the conference between tbe masters and engineers. Ho will probably suggest tbat the employers should modify tbeir demand for an unconditional withdrawal of the claim in regard to tbe hours of work, and advise a simultaneous withdrawal of lock-out and strike notices. Mr Chamberlain has forwarded to tbe Queen tbe message of condolence sent by tbe Australasian Governors in connection with tbe death of the Ducbess of Teck. Bradford wool tops aro brisk. Prices ure unchanged. The Bauk nf England returns pub lished to day show the total reserve to be £21,358,000 (£402.000 more than last week), the proportion of reserve to liabilities being 4763 por cent. October 31. A strike in tie cotton trade is imminent. Paris. October 31 The Anglo French Commission appointed to settle disputes betweeu Oreat Hntain and France in Western Africa has eutered upon its labours. Masswkt, October 29. Itasmakounen, leader of the Abyssinian raiders, who after his recent defeat hy the Somalis organised a force of 20,000 men, is again ravaging Somalilaud. Ottawa. October 30. The man who attempted to assasinate Sir Wilfred Laurier, the Premier, by shooting at him with a revolver bas j beeu declared insane and is incarcerI ated in a hiua.ic asylum.