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Waikato Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 2740, 4 February 1890, Page 2

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(by Kr.Ecrruc temmjraph.— coPYiuanx.) London, February 1. Mr Norwood estimates the dock companies' loss from the strike at £40,000, apart from the diversion of trade. He fears the annual expense of labour svill be increased by £150,000. The payment to wharf labourers during meal time has virtually been conceded, except at Hay's wharf. Mr Norwood asserts that this fresh and frivolous dispute will be a permanent injury to the port, and unless the labourers change their ways the clock owners will have to regain control. Mr Norwood declares that the Dock Companies are willing to sell the docks to the public at a price. . ■ Mr J. Henniker-Heaton, M.P.

for Canterbury, urges tha Government to appoint a Royal Commission to inquire into the advantages to be received from an Imperial penny post. The Times lias an article dealing with the same subject, and suggests the establishment of a Parliamentary Committee to take evidence and report on the mattor.

The vital statistics for the Metropolis for the past week recorded deaths primary due to influenza as 105.

It is understood Her Majesty the Queen will pay a visit to Aix-les-Eains towards the end of March. Aix-les-Bains is an ancient town'in the Department of Savoy, France, much resorted to for its thermal waters. The ofiice of the Agent-General for Queensland lias been burned down, owing to an explosion of chemicals in the upper part of the buildings. All the papers were saved. France and Russia are pressing the Sultan of Turkey to insist on the English evacuation of Egypt. It is rumoured that Field Marshal H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge is about to resign the position of commander-in-cbief of the army, and that he will be succeeded by the Duke of Connaught. The statement that large withdrawals of gold will probably be made for Buenos Ayres is not confirmed. Mr i: Abbington" has been requested to resign his membership of the Pelliean Club. The motion was proposed by the Marquis of Queensberry. The Government will nominate Mr Charles Bradlaugh, M.P. for Northampton, and Sir George Campbell, M.P. for Kilcaldy, as members of the committee to enquire into the question of granting constitutional government to Western Australia. The University boat race takes place on the 26th March. The electors of Dublin have passed a vote of confidence in Mr Parnell. Five hundred of the Thames oarsmen and Australian colonists have signed the testimonial in memory of the late H. E. Searle. The testimonial will take the shape of a handsome engraved picture of the late brilliant sculler. The crew steamer Erin, belonging to the National Steam Shipping Company, of Liverpool, is now & fortnight overdue from New York, and it is feared that she has foundered with all hands on board. The Erin had a crew of 50, but no passengers. She was "an iron vessel of 2848 tonnage, and was built by Messrs Palmer Bros., of Newcastle, in 1864.

A murder, surrounded with most revolting circumstances, is reported from Crewe, a great railway depot of England, County Chester, on the London and North-western Railway, at its junction with the Chester and Holy head line. Two youths, who had a misunderstanding with their father, made a savage onslaught on him, and his injuries were so severe that he succumbed.

The English Press comment favourably on Sir Charles Dilke's book, "Problems of Greater Britain."

The National Miners' Union has resolved to favour a proposal for the assemblage of an international congress at Berlin towards the end of May, and at the same time have rejected a proposition for the compulsory life insurance of miners. The Western Australian Bill provides for the colony gradually assuming control over the whole of the territory within its limits without recourse to the Imperial Parliament. The Government consents to the Bill being referred to a Select Committee. New Youk, January 31. Ihe National Equitable Lennox Hill Bank has suspended payment, owing to the abstraction of securi> ties lodged with the bank. The losses of the bank are 750,000 dollars. Many of those suspected of being implicated have been arrested. Tlie wreckage of an iron Atlantic stoamer has been found on the coast. It is feared that her passengers and crew have been drowned. Beklin, January 30. j The hands in the glass trade in Bohemia are rioting. The military have been called out to suppress them. It is rumoured that the Princess Margaret of Germany is to marry the Crown Prince of Denmark. Eussia is increasing her squadron in the Pacific, and fortifying her frontier in view of the Chinese advance. St. Petersburg, January 31. Russian financiers are discussin"- " the advisableness of introducing gold coinage. r< .at Vienna, January 31. Count Andrassy, the distinguished Hungarian statesman and diplomatist, is dying.