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Ashburton Guardian, Volume xxii, Issue 6458, 30 December 1904, Page 3

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Received Dec 30, 7.45 r.ui. The ''Unemployed" Difficulty. London, Dec. 29

The report of tho Committees) of tho Trades Union Congress find the Federation of Trades Unions oa the " unemployed " difficulty, urges a bolter distiibution of Government works, in order to prevent the alternating rush and stagnation of employment.

Eec9ived De?. -JO, 8.50 a.m. Boers and the Franchise, Capetown, Doc 29 A Dutch journal in Pretoria a'ates that tlis Boer leaders, after conferring with Loid Milner, rejected his scheme for a representative Government including 25 elective and 12 nominated members, dec'aring the enfranchisement of the Boers must be enmmensurato with full freedom, as the Boors had a permanent stake in the country. Though negotiations have proved abortive, relations botwoen Lord Milner and the Boor leaders are less frigid than they were.

A Slump in Cotton. Nbw York, Dec. 20 A slump h.<n occurred in" cotton in Now York, the price being tho lowest for threo years. Ono firm, Mosgra Ginner3 >md Co., report ft crop of 125, million bales. Fanners in Georgia bur at a quantity of cotton in order to iuduco others to destroy their surplus crop. Gigantic Drainaia Schema, Loni»om, Doc. 23 Tlio London (bounty Oounoil is m-gani* iug a drainage sishonn costing 4J7.000.000. and iuvolviug M!) miloa of main and iload sewers. The Macedonian Disturbances CONSTANTINOIT.K, Dec. 20 The Porte has oonoednd tho Powers' deinauds for the appointment of additional gendarmerie officers in Ma odonia.