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South Canterbury Times, Issue 7071, 17 February 1893, Page 3

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TOWN EDITiON.

J THIS PAY. (P*b EiiCTmo Telegraph—Copvuio bt. ) rPBB Press Association.) (Received 10.40 a.m., Feb. 17th.) INTERFERENCE WITH TRADE. London, Feb. 16. The Hon. A. J. Mundella, President of the Board of Trade, replying to a deputation consisting of two hundred members of the House of Commons, said if the railway companies did not agree to a reduction in rates before Easter, legislation would be introduced to compel them to do so. He admitted that the farmers were the worst sufferers, OUT OF A NOVEL. A curious esse is being investigated. A woman bought a child, and imputed its parentage to a gentleman named Coxon, who married her. Subsequently he was killed in the hunting field. The real mother having revealed the sale of the child, Ooxon’s family brought an action Against hia widow to recover the fortune left to the child by Coxon. A verdict was returned in favour of the family. A DRINK BILL. The amount expended in alcohol in Great Britain last year amounted to £140,000,000. PENNY POST. The Chancellor of the Exchequer favors an Imperial penny post. ARTILLERY IN POLITICS. Washington, Feb. 17- *

The Democrats packed Parliament House, Kansas, but were defeated by their opponents, who were armed and broke down the doors with sledge hammers. The Governor of the State has asked that a battery of artillery be sent to assist Id maintaining order.