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[REUTER’S TELEGRAMS.] By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. • >—< RIOTING IN BULGARIA. CALLING OUT THE ARMY RESERVES. THE INDO-COLONIAL EXHIBITION. THE STRIKE OP UNITED STATES RAILWAY EMPLOYEES. (Received March 30, 12.50 p.m.) Brussels, March 29. Rioting iu the Charleroi country is spreading, and the town itself is virtually in a state of siege, the strikers holding possession and forcibly stopping all industries in the place. In consequence of the threatening state of affairs, King Leopold has called out the Army Reserves. (Received March 30, 12.45 p.m.) London, March 29. • The Indo-Colonial Exhibition at South Kensington will be formally opened on the 4th of May by her Majesty the Queen, New York, March 29. The difficulty between the railway employees and the companies having been referred feo arbitration, the strike is now terminated. [SPECIAL TO MELBOURNE AGE. ] London, March 19. .
Whilst the Navy estimates were under consideration in the House of Commons last night, Sir T. Brassey, member for Hastings, spoke strongly in favour of periodical visits being made by a powerful squadron of British vessels to Australia and the Islands in the Pacific.
A new estimate has been prepared as to the cost of buying the estates of Irish landlords, in accordance with Mr Gladstone’s land purchase scheme. It is now calculated that the expenditure in connection with the scheme would not exceed £120,000,000, instead of £150,000,000 as previously stated.
March 21
It now transpires there was no foundation for the teport that the French Government had resolved upon sending 1000 recidivistes to New Caledonia. °
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Kumara Times, Issue 2937, 30 March 1886, Page 2
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