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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 13 January 1891, Page 2

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The steatnslrip owners having declined to co-opevfttfi with the Freight '

Comiuitte the riug is weakening, and a reversion t-> the former state is Considered likely. The will of the late Countess of Rosebery has been sworn under three Quarters of a million. It is reported that a process has been iuvented for the reduction of gold ores by which the Mount Torrens refractory ores can be treated ofc a cost of 7s 6d per ton with the result of one ounce of gold and two of silver, as against five dwts only of god yielded by the ordinary proC6sd. Ititeported that a convention is being arranged on a basis acceptable to Portugal. Geuerai Booth intends to make a tour of Europe to promote his emigration scheme. The St James Gazette publishes General Booth's trust deed of the Sa'vation Army, and declares it worthless as a protection to scribers.The Miners' Federation are holding a conference in Birmingham, at which 150,000 men are represented The delegates are collecting funds to assist the railway men on strike. The railway men assert they are overworked, but are seceding from the position they hnd taken up. The loss to the North British Railway Company owing to the strike is c timatedatLSO.OOO. The Miners Conference at Birmingham is strongly in favour of the statutory eight hours system. The directors of the Scotch railway companies decline to accept the strikers' proposal for ten hours per day and demand the unconditional surrender of the men. The strikers are appealing to the trades to support them in the struggK It is reported that Mr W. O'Brien agrees to me his influence to depose Mr Jns'in McCaithy, and secure his own or Mr Dillon's election as chief of the Irish Party. On his part Mr Patnell is to retire from active service until the next general election, and to transfer to Mr O'i'rien LI 0,000 or Ll 5,000 of the League funds for the Tipperary tenants. Mr W. O'Brien has now surrendered himself to the authorities. Win Morony, one of those who pleaded guilty to participation in the Phoenix Park murders, and was sentenced to ten years penal servitude, has been released from custody. The Admiralty have decided to increase the strength of the Navy forces by 6000 officers and men. A flour ring with a capital of £2, 000,000 is projected in the North of England. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited) hnve received the following cable message from their London house, dated 9th inst. : — Tal'ow— Market firnmr. Fins mutton is worth 27s 6d per cwt ; good beef, 25s 9d. New Zealand Hemp. — There is more enquiry, but market quotations are slightly lower. Frozen Meat. — Mutton — Market firmer. Canterbury is worth 4^d per lb ; Wellington, 3|-d. licef — Market quiet. New Zealand forequarters are worth 3§d per lb ; hindquarters, 3£d, The wea'her in England and on the Continent is tho severest experienced for 30 years. The frosfc in England has now lasted 46 days Intense cold is being experienced all over the Continent, but in Southern Europe the weather is especially severe. Numerous cases are reported of persons having been frozen to death. The shipping industry of Holland and Be'gimn has been suspended as the harbours are cosed by ice. The severity of the winter continues, and the thermometer in London shows 27 degrees of frost. Mr Balfour's Irish Fund has now reached £11,000. Mr O'Brien denies that Mr Parnell agreed to retire provHelhe (O'Brien) accepted the leadership of the party.