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ENGLISH. j London, November 25. 1 It appears thero was no truth iu the , repoit which reached Stanley that i Emin Bey was made prisoner in i August lust, when the troops of tho Equatorial Province revolted, and the , Mabdists invaded the district. The rebels captured but immediately re- | leased Emin Bey, who never fell into ( the bands of the Mahdists. | A despatch lias been received from Stanloy, dated Kaforro, sth Anoint, , 1889, in which his journey to the relief of Emin Bey is described. Stanley says that, After rescuing the j remnant of his rear column he started for the rendezvous at Kavalli, and met with terrible privations on tliejonrney, His followers were decimated by ■ smallpox, and for eight days the party was in a state of almost absolute starvation, Twenty one died before they reached one of their forts, After resting at tho fort, the march to Kavilli was resumed, and that place m reached on 18th January. Here a letter from Jephsen awaited him, which confirmed the news he had received at Like Albert Nyanza, that Emin's troops, at the iustigation of their officers at Dufnila, had revolted in the month of August previoui, that Emin Bey had been made a close prisoner, but had subsequently been rescued, In the conflict 1500 Mahdists had been captured, and dm rehels being seized with panic, fled. Many of their officers were killed. Jephsen stated that Emin Bey was undecided as to whether he should return. To this Stanley returned an answer that he should return at once, and intimated that he could not wait long, Jephsen reached Kavilli on G*h February, Emin Bey arriving a week later. A private letter from Stanley states that on the return journey he lay at the point of death for twenty-eight days. Loxdox, Nov 25. In the course of an interview. Sir Charles Dilke said ho thought that Sir Henry Parte 1 proposals for an Australian Dominion was simply i meant for English consumption, Hu ■ expressed surprised that that colonies ' iucluded in the Federal Council I should abstain from federating, even , if New South Wales still declined to ; join the Federal Council, and ho pre- ■ dieted that this will yet be the result ' if tho Hon T, Playford, late Premier 1 of South Austialia, is reinstated in . office. The scheme of military . defence—of Dominion—put forward , by Sir Henry Parkes was much t superior to his other proposals, but i be ridiculed the idea that the colonies f will be in any danger from iittnck by : it foreign fuo, Sir Charles expressed . his opinion that whilst Imperial Federation was a most seductive theory, , it was impossible to put it into prae 1 tice; and Lord Kosebcrrv himself, the f nnthorofthe scheme was obviously * weary of the subject, inasmuch as be 5 had condemned bis own ptopnsals. 3 The Agents General have bepi) interviewed on the subject of the Australian Dominion, Sir Saul Samuel, Agent-General for New South Wales, is naturally very reticent on the question, and has declined to state his views, Sir Arthur Blyth, Agent-General ' for South Australia, ascribed the > scheme to the vanity of Sir Henry ■ Parkes and to his fear that if New l South Wales joined the Federal ! Council the influence of delegates ! there would not be peramount, ' Mr T. Archer, Agent-General for 1 Queensland, and E. N. C. Braddon, Agent-General for Tasmania,oxpres s ed similar views. Lord Salisbury has declined to convene a meeting of colonial delegates unless Cauda is prepared to discuss ' ihe question of a modified Customs League. ' Mr C. Brudkugh, M. P., denies thut he has been converted to ortho- \ doxy. ; FOREIGN ; Vienna, November 21, ' Eighty Hungarian women are ' being tried on charges of poisoniug ' their husbands, ' P.miis, November 21. The Chamber of Deputies has ro--1 versed the decision in favour of the abolition of the monopoly, which exists iu the manufacture of matches by a majority of seven. Australian. i Svdney, November 20. 1 A terrific storm has been raging at the township of Louth, on Darling river, 578 miles north west of Sydney. Several hoiisiw were unroofed, and the amount of damage occasioned in the town was considerable. While the storm was at hs height, lumps of , ico quite the size of cricket balls fell, killing many animals, which were unable to obtain shelter from the fury of the gale, Eketalnma School CommitteeTho ordinary monthly meeting of the Eketalnma School Committee was held on Monday evening in the schoolroom. Present Messrs Anderson (chairman), byverson, Parsons, Selby and Bayliss. The minutes of two previous meetings were rend and confirmed. The Chairman said in regard to tonders for closets received at lqst meeting, the. Committee could do nothing as it would take all the money in hand lo meet existing debts. It was no use contracting fresh expense. He asked if the Committee thought there was any possibility of raising funds, It was suggested that as tho money granted by the Fjduoatjon Board was not sufficient to do, the necessary work, the Board be written to asking thom to take over the work and call tenders. This course was adopted Mr Ponney said lie had not, in his report, alluded to the matter, but tho place behind the school was not only anuisaueebntheeoiisidered dangerous (o health. Only a day or so ago he had gone down to gather water i cresses, and had put hie foot in the mud. On withdrawing it the stench ■ of sulphuretted hydrogen eamo tip ■ very strongly. Ifainddieajfieriiiioate i were obtained |h,c Board might do i somethiiirj. The Chairman read p, ] letter from Mr Campion, of Carterton, i re earth closets, The consideration i of the terms offered wis left ovo.y till i a reply from the Bpaj;d be ! received, ' .' ' ( A letter from Mr Dubois asking i payment of account due was road, < He also stated that the wires on ( giant stride to ( of the material-used-by 1 the chairman's instructions. >
The Chairman said it was Hot the material, b.nt the. we, bjfl b.QGii badly erected. Mr Dubois denidd this, and brought soice of the broken wire for ffilMleWtO&aiaiflQ,
.On examination the wires were I found to be good in the splices, but c had given way in other t to twisting and rough usuago. ( Mr Baylies pointed out that the 1 wire used bofore had speedily come to t grief, and .said it was evident the < fault was with the material and not \ the erection, I Messrs Syversen and Selby quite t agreed with him. t The Chairman said he considered j the account excessive. He to not t a tradesmen "but could have done [ the work in half the time. \ Mr Dubois; You are a smart man t sir, t After somo further discussion, it i was resolred on the motion of Mr ( Selby, sccouded by Mr Bayliss, that i the account be paid. The Chairman said before going i any further ho had a matter to bring | forward. Mr Hodges had waited on i him some time previous to offer a | rent for the use of the School for the i Debating Society. He (the Chair- ; man) had rendered an account for j three months rent, but had not . received it. Mr Hodges was in j attendance, and would please to i explain mailers. Mr Hodges said it was under the old Society he had applied. The , Society reformed the week following. He did not join, so he knew nothing at all about it. After some further discussion it was decided that as tho Society had broken up for the summer months, and seemed to be in an impecunious position, the debt be struck out. Tho master's report was then read. The average attendance for the month was BS. Everything was in good working order. A new bell rope and some stationery was required. Tho closets were still a nuisance, The following accounts were passed for payment: Edward Dubois £2 2s 6d, James Jones 18s 2d, Arthur Wright fisGd, Emma Murrell 17s 6d. It was proposed by the masters to . give a concert in aid of the school funds. Mr Parsons offered the use of his hall free of charge, and a ' resolution was passed to give a eon- ■ cert at an early date, i The meeting then closed.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3371, 27 November 1889, Page 2
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