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Patea Mail, 28 May 1881, Page 3

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RECEIVED LAST NIGHT. ( Reuter's Despatches to the Mail.) PRESS PROSECUTION. n Berlin, 2oth. The trial of the editor of the Socialist paper, Die Frieheit, for publishing an article eulogising the murder of the Czar of Russia, concluded to-day. The prisoner was found guilty, but the sentence of the Court was deferred. MORE OBSTRUCTION. Londop, 25th. The course of business in .the House of Commons is again being seriously interrupted by Irish members, who have revived their obstructive tactics. WOOL SALES. London, 25th. The wool sales are progressing firmly. SPORTINGAdelaide,. Thursday, In the Birthday Cup race, Mata won by two lengths, Progress second, Crystal third. Melbourne, Friday. The Australasian to-day says that Mata’s running for Adelaide Birthday Cup fully justifies his disqualification by the Victorian Racing Club after last Melbourne Cup. Mata was sold yesterday for 800 guineas, before the race. MORE CHINESE. Sydney, Thursday. The steamer Glamis Castle has arrived from Hong Kong with 850 Chinese, 146 ol whom are for New Zealand. END OF GREEK TROUBLEConstantinople, 24th. The convention for the final settlement of the Greek frontier question was signed by the Porte to-day. DREADFUL CATASTROPHE. Ontario, 241h. A terrible accident has occurred in this province, at a place called London, on the Thames. An excursion steamer with several hundred perso is on board capsized, and 170 perished.