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Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume I, Issue 3, 31 January 1890, Page 2

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ENGLAND AND PORTUGAL, Lisbon, January 25, The Minister of War has authorised the army to subscribe to the national defence fund. British traders at Lisbon and other parts., are nuking an appeal to Mr Gladstone for his intervention in the dispute between England and Portugal. Fr rich and Germ in comm *reial travell ts are swarming to Portugal. A committee has been appointed here to raise a defmce fund, and fir the purp >se of promoting an alii me i with America. The British despatch b tat Enchantress has sail'd for Portsmouth. Jamnry27. Anti-English crowds were jeered by the populace, AFFAIRS IN IRELAND, JjONdon, January 27. In view "f the supposed intention ot the Government to introduce an Irish Land Purchase Schema, a great meeting will be li> Id in London on Tu s lay to prut st against any attempt to saddle the British tax-payers wiih bnrd n for the benefit of Irish landlords. Among ihe apeak rs will he Sip G. Trevelyan, Professors Stuart, Davies, and Burns. THE LABOUR AGITATION. London, January 25. The Doek Companies, wharfingers, shippers, and m rchants are forming an Employers’ Union, and have resolved to Issue a notice on the Ist February, intimating tha* all labourers refusing to comply with the general agiv meat of September 14 will be locked out. The employers assert that the dockers are destroying them piecemeal, I’h • Wa'ersj le Union possesses £4d,o )0, and believe they will be able io successfully resist the action of the employ rs ah ive ref rre I to. They assert that employers ha"e frequently broken the general agreem mt. Cardinal Mm ling, ex-Lori Miyor W -iteliead, and Mr Bixton, M.P., approve of th ■ stand taken by the m n who are dt*m Hiding payment for mealtimes, and the dispute is creating an a'.gry discussion, tiie employers asserting that the action of the men is a breach of the September agreement, THE PARNELL COMMISSION. London, January 25. The Pall Mill Gizette states that the report of the Timis-Ptnel! Cun mission will be disclosed within a fortnight, an 1 that it will prove taqtam >u d to a dismissal of the charges brought against Mr Parnell on tie ground fciat they were bis-d on forgeries. Pne rpert will, it is stated, censure the ieale-s of the L ind League for tueir msthols of pro noiiii'g agitation in Ir dand. an I \ydl couch* n.nthe truculence of the Irish national press. January 26. i Freeman,s Jourml siat*s that the Parnellit‘3 will submit a motion next session d daring the Times’ iiisistauce that Pigott’s forgeries were genuitu 1 etera, in th' face of Mr Pamdl’s denial, a gross brnch of privileg;. I’h >y will also apply for the app >intmaut of a cmutictee to pursue an enquiry hits tin circu nsta ims ml) which the forgeries w re committed. ENG L A ND A N D THE COLONIES. London, January 21. The Morning Post sjys the day lia< departed when the cdm'ns could lie considered simply Britis i p issesm ms. One free pe»pl‘ cannot bt possess'd by another, though they may be united by political bond*. Mk'tßomiSE, January 24. Lord H»pet"Uii, in the course of an address to the Australian Natives’ Association, said that the feeling of respect for the colonies Was growing strongly at Home. Although it was true tlia expressions of disrespect and uufri nl- - toward the colonies had be n made in the House of Commons, he could assure th ra that such expressions did not proceed from reap msiblo or moderate men, bur were merely the ffu-uoas of the irresporwole frivolity of men who were always ready to raise a c ieer even if their utterane s endangered the future of the Britis i Emp.re, The responsible stat'anni of Great Britain (said His Excellency) desired to draw clos r the bonds of union Dctwccu the Mother Country and the colonies. GENERAL NEWS. LqVcon, January 26. Fiye julges ar- laid up with iiiflu nza, whilst Sir Henry If misty, Judg l <>f th* High Court (Queen’s Bench Division) is prostrat'd by an attack of ptralysis New Zetland hemp is dull, and prices are irr’gu-ar. Latest quotations are from £2B 15s to £29 Toe Antwerp wool sales closed at slightly better qnoiati ms than those ob' t tiiin dat the close of last series. Tnree ilipnsaue five bales were sold. 411 the wpoi was wi,tulra\ya > I'yoiif w^'le. 2/. Ii ig stated that Mrs PariMUW»«d

assistance offered by her son, tlie Irisli leader, although for six weeks she was without a fire.

Violent gal s are raging on the coasts of the Kingdom, and many shipping casualties are reported. Goods consigned to the Berm mdsey wharves are being unloaded at thiAlbert and Victoria D »cks, but the .dockers' execu.'ve is now calling out the men engaged on the work. The friend-* of Benz m have refund -d the £IOOO to t'le persons victimised bv the forgery of a ciiequ.- f ; .r that am Mint by the "Jul>ileo Piungr." It is expected that Buzon will how be released, j

A carg» of N-w Zea'aud wheat h been sold at 85s 9d.

Berlin, January 25. Emperor William has issu d an <■diet ordering tip disnontinnanee of duelling in the army, ami threatening clialleng rs with expulsion. New York, Jumpy 27, Tip Atlantic gale is subsiding, an I ovcrdic si earners are can in# into port. Taiy are all considerably damaged. AUSTRALIAN. Sykney. January 27. The steamship Ui>vrina from L indon to Syd i y is as'iore at Runs Hcajd, South Griho, off the Victorian coajU, apparently abandoned. A passing steamer sign died, alie hid taken off t|he passing rs and crew. Tne weather |is thick on the coast. j

January 28. J Mr Eddy, CommisflioiiT of thv N|w South Wales railways, who his ntat returned from a visit to N"W Zealand, upeiks lugily of the cleanlin-ss an! class of rollinoj stock on tlie New Zealand railways, ami intends to try ajud inlroiluce the New Zealand method!of ballasting. ' . __ _ ,_ ■ ...» \