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Feilding Star, Volume XIX, Issue 150, 22 December 1897, Page 2

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Telegraph. Press Association. Copyright London. December 20. In the Queen's Boneh of the High Court of Justice, Lord Russell of KilUwou gave judgment in an appeal by tbe plaintiff iv the case of Lewis v. Clay, in which a claim was made on two promissory Dotes signed jciotly by th« defendatit and Lord William Nuvillu. llin Lordship dismissed tbe appeal, ani endorsed the liudiug of tbe jury in the ■ lower Court. He held that the signature of Clay to tbe promissory notes had been | obtained by misrepresentation, and was practically a forgery. Tbe engineers are balloting upon tbe questions of the acceptance of the pro posals of tbe masters with regard to freedom iv tbe managements of tbtir works and the proposed compromiKe of making 51 hours a week's work. December 21. Obituary — Princess Hohcnlohe, wife ot the German Chancellor, (r-tftt 68. Queen Victoria expressed her condolences with the relatives. Calcutta, December 21. The Indian Council intends to amend the sedition laws, so as to provide for tbe punishment of the promoters of ill will aujonusfc the populace. All news. papers, native and foreign, will receive similar treatment Cairo, December 21. The sentence of 20 months' imprisonment for sedition recently parsed on the editor of tbe vernacular paper Saika published here has been reduced to six months. Ottawa, December 21. A Canadian cruiser has rescued lo of the crow of the American steamer Cleveland, which was wrecked at Barclay Sound, British Columbia.