THE IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2331, 17 March 1892, Page 1

THE IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

London, March 13. The votes of several members of the East African Company on the question of voting £20,000 to defray the expenses of the survey of a railway from Mobassa to Lake Victoria Nyanza, were disallowed by a majority of five. Several Tories voted with the majority, but a large number did not vote all. March 14. Mr J. W. Lowther, Political Secretary to the Foreign Office, stated in the House of Commons that an action would be brought against the French Police for the wrongful arrest and imprisonment in Paris of the brothers Purdie, two Englishmen. It was a grave mat+er, and he trusted that the French Government would pay compensation and guarantee to prevent the recurrence of such an in cident.

LABOUR. London, March 13. The delegates of the Durham miners will not submit to a reduction. Numbers of factories are closed through want of coal, and at Bristol steamers (U'C being laid up. The bookbinders strike ended in their defeat. March 14. The Standard declares that there is sufficient coal in private use to outlast the stoppage of operations at the mines. It is believed that loss of wages will compel the men to resume work at an early date. Many works have stopped through the want of coal. Eighty thousand miners have resumed work in Wales. The bookbinders ask for a loan of £SOO from the Melbourne Society. They aro maintaining four hundred members thrown o.pt of employment by the strike. The miners on strike are asserting that their demands will be conceded by the 2Bth instant. The stoppage of the production of epa,\ beyond a week will cause the suspension of 50,000 potters. The miners in, South Staffordshire and East Yfoi'chestershire have resumed work. In consequence of the strike there is a, general reduction in the train service. Ninety thousand miners are working in Wales and Monmouthshire. There is sufficient Qoal at the docks to supply the steamers for months. Berlin, March 14. The Emperor is urging that work should be found for the unemployed in order to prevent a recurrence of disorders. Westport, March 14. Work at the Dejinistan mine went on as usua v ! this morning. Notice of the reduction in the wages was withdrawn, and an offer made of one year’s employment, provided the men do not join any union. At a meeting on Saturday night, the men resolved to form a union, but work is unlikely to stop, union or no union,