TIME AND FOREIGN.
(PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Received March sth, 11 a.m. DISTRESSED FARMERS. Paris, March 4. The Budget Committee have advised that 3,000,000 franca be voted to relieve .the farmers Suffering from the of the. recent frosts. ~ THE CANADIAN ELECTIONS. Ottawa, March 4. MiLaurier states that independence is preferable to annexation. Both sides now expect a majority of thirty. THE REBELLION IN SENE- . GAMBIA. Lisbon, March 4. . The rebellion at Bissao, in Senegambia, has been quelled, and the rebels punished. Received March sth, 11.15 a.m. tORD OtfSLOW. London, March 4. The Hawk says that Lord Ouslow will probably succeed Lord Hopetoun J& Governor of Victoria, . MR STANLEY. Mr H. M. Stanley intends to visit Australia in Ootober. THB EMPEROR OF GERMANY. ~ Berlin, March 4. The Emperor states he is determined to remedy the crying injustice under which the laboring classes suffer, but disapproves of irresponsible agitators* Received March 3th, 11 a.m. ONE MAN ONE VOTE. London, March 4. \ The Right Hon. F. Stansfeld's (M.P. for Halifax) motion for one ■ man one vote was negatived by a majority of 10l Keoeived Marob 6th, 11.15 a.m. M* Stansfeld's motion proposed that the only qualification for a voter should be three months' residence. Mr Gladstone supported the motion, urging that the plural vote was a pure lottery. IRISH AFFAIRS. Mr Harrison, M.P. for Tipperary, has seized the National League funds at Belfast on behalf of Mr Parnell. Received March sth, 8 p.m. DIVIDEND. London, March 4. The New Zealand Shipping Company has declared an interim dividend at the rate of 6 per cent, per annum, payable on and after 20th March. FEDERATION. The Imperial Federation League is forming a brauan for women. INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT. Washington, March 4. Congress has passed the Copyright Bill.
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Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 7804, 6 March 1891, Page 5
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TIME AND FOREIGN.
Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 7804, 6 March 1891, Page 5
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