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Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume I, Issue 5, 7 February 1890, Page 2

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Portugal, February 5. At Lisbon theatre the clowns impersonated Pinto and Gastello, and protecting the Portuguese flag, when the audience rushed the stage, wrested the flag and wrecked the theatre. A plot to murder Prince Ferdinand has been thwarted. Berlin, February 6. There are rumours in circulation of Bismarck’s intended resignation. London, February 5.

Colonel Saunderson, M.P. for Armagh, will make a lecturing tour of America and Australia, in the interests of anti-Home Rule. The London Dockers, docks wharves, warehouses, and granaries union lockout men are refusing to load with nonunion men.

Mr Parnell received untaxed costs against the Times besides £SOOO. Lord Salisbury’s health is improving. By a fire at a millinery establishment in Gresham-street, damage was done to the extent of £40,000.

Archdeacon Stock, of Wellington, has settled down at Torquay. Lady Whitmore has taken a furnished flat at the West End. A concert held in aid of the Damien Memorial Fund at Lord Brassey’s house was an immense success.

Sixty persons .connected with the London clubs’ scandals are known to have fled. The police know all about the cases, and have the names and identities of the offenders, from the boys concerned, who were all captured and confessed.

J. L. Toole, low comedian, expects to open at Melbourne at Easter. The will of Mr Westgarth, an Australian financer, has been proved at £150,000.

Ail the capital of the New Zealand petroleum syndicate was subscribed before the prospectus was issued. Hean, late Inspector of the National Bank, is being sent out by the Bank of New Zealand. The London directors are to investigate the charges made by Mr Buckley at the Auckland meeting of shareholders. This step has given confidence to the English shareholders. The ordinary general meeting of the proprietors of the Ravenscliffe Mining Company have decided to raise a sum of £25,000, to purchase the gold-min-ing property of Mr Logan, in the province of Marlborough. An action has been commenced by the Blue Spur Company in the High jGourt „of Juatioc,—agaijasfc- llugk- -Wt3b~ ster, the promoter, for the recovery of the working capital guaranteed by him to induce directors to go to allotment. Steps are in progress for reconstructing a British-Australasian Trust Company ; capital £1,000,000, in £lO shares, first issue £250,000.

Mr Edison is completing machinery to stereotype newspapers by telegraph. There seems, from our Australian cablegrams, to be great diversity of opinion as to the Colonial federation scheme, and the supporters of the Eederal Council are active. From America we learn that a Bill has been introduced to the Senate, designed to. build up a fleet of swift American steamships on the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, which, in case of necessity, can be converted into auxiliary warships. Naval Force Bill authorises the .Postmaster- General to make ten-year contracts with steamship companies for carrying mails between the United States, Europe, South America, Australia, and Oriental Nations." ; '■' .. Melbourne,’ February 6. The Hon. Mr Gillies, Premier of Victoria, is expected to preside at the Federation Conference banquet tonight, which is to be a very imposing affair, besides loyal toasts, the only other will be “ United Australia.” Another large ship has been wrecked on the Australian coast. A man named Masters attempted to stick up the Bank of New South Wales at Wellington (N.8.W.), and subsequently finding escape impossible, he committed suicide. ■ Intense ■ heat prevails throughout Australia. Auckland, February 6. During the last nine months New Zealand has sold 99,000 acres of Crown lands for £80,869. The Auckland Stud Company have decided to dispose of assets of the Company, and wind up. , In Wellington there are orders for New Zealand ; flax' : frofa French manufacturers who want it for carpet bagging, and in numerous ways work it up with woollens.

A trial from the new goldfield, MerCury Bay, near Auckland, gave 81ozs of gold, 36ozs silver from 2,2401bs of stone. Victoria yielded 55,0000zs of gold last year, the Saturn Mine alone obtained 401ozs of gold from 439 loads of ore. H.M.S. Orlando was floated into the Calliope Dock, Auckland, on Wednesday morning. M Friction beat” caused by two discs of heavy icon rubbing against each other is to take the place of steam, gas coal and oil.