GENERAL NEWS.
EUROPEAN AND IORHKiN. t Per Pc. « > L«'Mi.'N. March IH. A violent scene occurred at the Transvaal Raid Inquiry (.'oimnittee yesterday. It aros<- through Mr Labouchere, M.P.. accusing Sir Graham Bower (who was Imperial Secrctarv of Lord Eosemead, < iovi ruor of the Cape), of telling a falsehood. The Federal employers of engineers' have notified their iut< ution to d- elare a lock-out unit >» the men agree to a conference. Reports from F.ast Africa state that a waggon road has been completed from the sea coast through Uganda to Lake Victoria Xyanza. There is great prosperity in Uganda. lU.m in. March 11. 'V Sie Budget Committee of the Ktehstap has rejected the credit asked for by \ice-Admiral lMlman for the construction of two cruder-, eight torpedo boats, and other war vessels, involving an outlay of 12,000,000 marks. The committee, however, voted supplies for building two battleships and two gunboats. \Y vsnjNt.Ti'N, March 13. The Comii::t'«- of W;t\- and Means has recommend* 1 C"iu;n -- to restore President M 'hn.'ij - vi«oI tariff immediately, wit ho it w uttiiv' fjr the PASsiilg of the" Dingley Bill.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 271, 15 March 1897, Page 3
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183GENERAL NEWS. Hastings Standard, Issue 271, 15 March 1897, Page 3
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