NEWS IN BRIEF.

Samoa Weekly Herald, Volume 1, Issue 3, 10 December 1892, Page 4

NEWS IN BRIEF.

Losvojr.'Nov. 2U. | Is Mrs. Parnell's bankruptcy the lialiilities are net down nt £7OOO and the assets at £SOO. The cause of the failure is said to he low of income owing to death of her aunt. Mrs. "Wood. The death is announced of O'Con- j nor. Canadian sculler, fnun typhoid I fever. j During tin- hearing of the South | M.-.ttk election petition, evidemi was given that the local Bishop preached Bcrmoiu agninsi die Parneluti -. and find Mlvatlon tlumthey' 1 iNutiii*, of contempt of ' '••■.•.- has | .been served "n tin- Time.-. Stai bird, j aa'l Morning Post for publi-'ung u , 1- -j fromiSr I'. Pryec .J.m- i-om-i. utir.g on the petition against his cbylion for Montgomeryshire. | A imputation'of financiers imei-st.il , in Swaziland had an interview wiili ' J,.til Ripon, at which they opposed the ' iii.■.in!, nnielit "I' that country. He i. tied that negotiations had been c.0.pl il. lie wan hound to consult th ■ riglitsof thcS.mtll African Ki l>lll>- : hj. and. though he could no! at this ki. ~•,,.•„,.,. the Government's p licy, : he assured the depuration thai Minis- j >■.., - ';■ Groin liritnin. j .. S-mth Australian svndieato i- j i, -in London has netted the an of J -.i.'io in dealing in ltioV..n Hill ! The Lincoln Theatre linsheeiihurned I Victoria, Adelaide, Western Austra- I lia, New Zealand, and Tasmania, act- j big on the suggestion of Sir A. Clarice, ! intend to request the Imperial Govern- . ment to place their respective AgentsGeneral in closer touch with tin- ' Vilo- ; nia! Defence Committee. Anlntcr-StateAVorkuiim's Congress, I to urge the adoption of the eight hours ; system, will meet in London in .1. tic. j George Buhenr, of England, and Hosmer, tiie Toronto sculler. r..» for I the championship of the Th.itn.-s in | January. The harness of the -Itli IfUK-urs, stationed at Colchester, has lieen cut. | A recruit has been arrested in > ounce- . tiuu with the affair. A .Royal Commission to enquire into j the condition of the Crofters has iieen appointed. | It is reported that it has been de- I cided to compel the authorities to ex- j hutne tlie dead N.uried in London j Churches, and re-bury them at < it-eat llford, in Essex. The health otheors | are urging that this course should be ' adopted. j Air. J. Rigby, Solicitor-General, has been knighted. I Fifty nrtillcrymon stationed at Limeii.Jc rioted and smashed the windows I of . lie houses. The police were pow- j crless to quell the disturbance. Lord I'rassey has contributed an . article to one of the Reviews mi the subject of the Imperial Federation \ League, which lie says was founded to . . avert the dismciiibcisdiipof the Empire. . Tlie establishment of a Zollveroin, he ! thinks, is impossible, owing to trade ' conflicts. In matters of defence, how- j «Ter, interests are identical, und lie iH bf opinion that in this fact lies the | bond of ttuion. The premises of .Tenner and Co., I drapers. Priucess-stroot, Edinburgh, have been destroyed by lire. The damage is estimated nt n quarter of a million sterling. In tlie.use. Ttirnhull v. Wall; r. a claim for debt contracted in Nor. Ceulaud, judgment was given for tin defendant, tlio judge holding thai there Was no local status which would dtiable t Court in New Zealand to adjudicate. 'J'l.e Australian cricketers arc ex- . e\p- eted to open at Field l'nrh, and tin- mntdi will bo the chief attraition during the Canterbury week. The daiuuge caused by the lire nt tlie London and East India Docks is •atimated ,it £30,000, Two thousand Bales o) Australian wool, which were ttored in the warehouse in which the CUthronl; occurred, were ili.m i r -.- : by *aler. Tlio Hoeiety for Promoting Christian Knowledge wiLl grunt £ 100 per annum J.r live yean for Maori mission.'rvs •junng the King native*. The anniversary of tho death of the Manchester martyrs was celebrated at tyiililin, Cork, and Limerick. Several UhlrisMs were delivered, and t".tgHukers declared that it was th. . my ttf the people to continue the policy of tiuoe brave men until Ireland rue

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