LABOUR.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2353, 7 May 1892, Page 1

LABOUR.

London, May 3. Four fiths of the Bolton cotton spinners have agreed to work shorter hours in order to aid the masters of Staley Bridge and Oldham. Sir Havelock Allan, in the House of Commons, stated that at least one thousand Durham miners had become disfranchised owing to their acceptance of poor law relief, and he urged that a Bill should be introduced reinstating them. Mr Ritchie replied that lie did not expect that the course of business would allow such a measure to be brought in. A motion tabled by Mr Dabfiel, the member for Kirkcaldy, fertile creation of a Labor Department, was ruled to be irregular. The seamen and firemen have struck against a reduction of wages. May 5. The strike at Swansea has coll.-i psed. Washington, May 3. Several strikes have taken place over the eight hours question, IMPERIAL POLITICS. London, May 4. In the House of Commons Mr Cunningham Craluimc accused Mr Asquith, Q.C., of making a swindling speech in support

of pnblic companies. He was named by the Speaker and suspended. Mr Grahame declared that he had been named because he was a supporter of Socialism. He left the House saying that he did not “ care a d ——n, ” and that the House of Commons was a swindle on the Socialist question. The House of Commons has rejected a Bill, embodying the principle that Local Councils should be empowered to confiscate the unearned increment. The Liberal leaders supported it. THE ANARCHISTS. Madrid, May 4. The Spanish Government propose that the Judges shall try dynamiters without a Brussels, May 4. Twelve arrests have been made in connection wih the explosion at Liege. A man who was arrested at Mons, confessed that with the help of four others be intended to dynamite the residences of leading citizens. Arrests continue to be made in Liege. The police believe that they possess a clue to a widespread plot for terrorising citizens. Much dynamite has been seized, but the recent explosions were caused by “ forcite,” of which large quantities have been stolen. More outrages are feared. St. Petersburg, May 3. The police offer a reward of 100,000 roubles for the discovery of the printing office in which Anarchist literature is printed. Washington, May 4. A deputation has waited on the chief of police at Chicago and asked for the return of the red flags which had been seized. He refused, saying that the state of the city would become intolerable if Anarchism were encouraged, and insisted on the legal methods of reform being used. The deputation threatened to prosecute the police. San Francisco, May 4. A house at Los Angelos, crowded with people, was dynamited, and the occupants were badly shaken. THE RAINHILL AND WINDSOR MURDERS. London, May 4. The Press comments on the untrustworthy and extraordinary character of the medical hypothesis regarding the insanity of Deeming, and applauds the common sense of the jury. Melbourne, May 4. Deeming who is now heavily ironed, seems to feel his position keenly. He will probably be executed on the 16th inst. Though he has not yet confessed his crime, he admits that he has some faint recollection of the murder.