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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 41, 17 February 1881, Page 2

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•' ' I: '"■'"' •'■ ••■'•* i°'l_oNr)o^'Feb_U^y i^.' I i The February*March .'series of; wo'ol ! sble^ . opened, to-day.. r.Prieps" generally ; ahow. a '■ decline of .7^. .per,. cent .compared with the 1 closing rat6s of last .auctions., : ..."iri " "(Specikl to Melbourne Papei-. 1) } \ ' LbND6K,.j»u'uary.'3i. i ■ '■■ Agitation has been. com mc-6ced anlong l th^ women; of Irelaud> he. detf hy/Missi Parnell] fpr ( th.e purpose ,of advocating tho claims of the Irish Land Le'agiie. Mee.i_.gs are being held, at which inflammaittfry harangues arq made in support of the movethent. •. . , X ..--.-. February 1. ; A meeling has be^n held in -P.iris, of, the pro'mbters of-*, scheme for the construction of a canal across the Isthmus of Panama. Baron" de Lesseps stated that . although th^ work was one of enormous magnitude, he had no hesitation io affirming that the undertaking would be completed' with'in s.ven years. The House of Commons has been .sitting twenty-six hours, and is still debating the Irish Coercion Bill. . The discussion has beeu uproarious, vulgar, and abusive. February 6. The feeling expressed by the Radical Press and representatives of that party upon the action taken in the House of Commons ih the expulsion of Parnell and his adherents is that, while condemning strongly the continued obstruction of those members as insulting to the Legislature, they deplore that any action should be taken calculated in aoy way to seriously infringe upon the rights of minorities to be free and untrammelled. There is no prospect of the strike among the coal miners of Lancashire beiDg brought to an end. The workmen persist in their demands, and the masters havo signified their intention not to yield to other colliers who have joined those on strike, and ifc is feared that other trades will be affected. A telegram has been received from Suez announcing that tbe Arab tribes are forming themselves into a military league for the purpose of freeing themselves from the dominion of Turkey.