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Te Aroha News, Volume XXII, Issue 42779, 16 September 1905, Page 2

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London. Yesterday. After nine figure parley at Tukushima, Granovsky on Thursday evening arranged an armistice commencing on the 16fh. in t. Tho armistice estab" fished a neutral zone accessible only to civilians. Shakotku on the railway is ; he centre of the z me, NavaL envoys meet at a Bay near Viadivstock to arrange: a neutral sea zona. Loc il commander? on the Kor.« oin frontier will negotiate separately. The election in North Belfast to replace Mr Haslett, deceased, resulted in Dixon (Tory) 4400 and Walker (Labour) 3966. ' It was announced at the Free Churches Conference at Scarborough h V that the Liberal leaders were absolutely pledgodito make a reversal of the present government's educational policy as their first work when returned toipower. Their proposals in* elude absolute popular control of all schools, freedom from all sectarian 1 1 sk, no right of entry during school hours for the purpose of denomi-.j -v national teaching, but facilities for • such teaching before or after hours. Eleven peers at Tokio memoralised tho Government regarding the failure of the authorities to prevent disturbance in the city wherein the Mikado resided, asying why the chief of metropolitan police was . degraded while his superior, Yoshika, was reamed in office. Stockton, Sept. 14. . / A serious deadlock between Sweden and Noiway was reached yesterday. St Petersburg Sept. 14. English companies at Baku, forced •.1 l>y revolutionary proclamations and t hreats of death, relinquished attempts o work, London, Yesterday. The Time’s Tokio c •; respondent says ihe jMikasa disaster was due to a defect in electric apparatus, Several steamers left China ladeu with provisions and stores for Vladivostok insurances £2O percent agamst the risk of peace treatie not being r itified within 50 days. It is not known that seizures are not suspended under ormietice great apprehension c eated among London under-writers, and rates yesterday advanced rapidly o 20 gvineas per cent for paid rein- • urances. The Times suggests that it would serve the Japanese purpose to merely turn the steamers brnk. w , .. y Kier in the swimmer, a'. Belfast won the half mile in 11 minutes 5J seconds. .v-'-- • Rome, Yesterday. Losses by the earthquake now amount to four million sterling. A fresh shock yesterday destroyed Montoaosso, killing many. Buda Pestii, Yeeterday. Dense masses of workmen are making demonstrations at Buda Pesth to impress the diet in favour of universal suffrage.