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Manawatu Herald, 13 September 1892, Page 2

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It is reported that the orew of the barque Windermere, bound from Glasgow to Freemantle, Western Australia, broke out in mutiny in mid-ocean and murdered the captain.

It is reported that Mr R. L. Stevenson, the novelist, will, shortly be appointed British Consul in Samoa. . , ' ' ...

The Daily News deckrest-that the British trade is recovering from the loss sustained on the first introduction of the McKinley tariff.

The manifesto issued. by the supporters of the late Mr Parnell states/ that it is necessary to provide a, safeguard against the possible: treachery of the Government.

The prospectus of the Southern Cross Steamship Company, with a capital of £100,000, is issued. The object is to work a cargo steamer of 7000 tons in the Australian trade.

The House and Land Investment Trust (Limited!, another of Mr Jabez Spencer Balfour's companies, has stopped payment. • Importers in the City warmly ap-. prove of the proposed appointment of an expert to examine and class New Zaaland produce. New Zealand long-berried wheat, ex warehouse, 32s 6d, market quiet ; Adelaide wheat, ex warehouse, 38& 6d, market also quiet ; Victorian ditto, 83s. There are four oargoes . now off coast, but they do not meet' with ready sale. Wellington mutton, 3|d ; Canterbury lamb, 6fd. New Zealand beef, forequarters, 4d ; hindquarters, s£d. Frozen beef is very scarce, and the prices are almost nominal. Hemp is in small supply, and there is a strong market for the New Zealand article, which has advanced £1 per ton. Fair to medium, Wellington, £22 ss. The crew and officers, except the captair^' of a ship bound to Hamburg, refused to sail in her owing to the prevalence of cholera, and the Falmouth Bench upheld their refu- ! sal. The owners will appeal against the decision. The Trades Union Congress sitting at Glasgow has resolved in favour of the Eight Hours Bill, but permitting trades to withdraw from its provisions when the local Unions demand it.

Another resolution, which was carried, favoured a separate Bill

being introduced to give the eight, hours system to the miners. The Congress expelled amid hisses the delegates from the Glasgow Harbour Labourers' Union, who it was alleged, had been systematic ' scabbers.'