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Clutha Leader, Volume XX, Issue 1034, 18 May 1894, Page 6

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The capital promised to the New Zealand Midland Railway Company is LI, 500,090. Mr Baird has succeeded in forming a co-operative scheme among the Lancashire and Yorkshire salesmen who undertake to distribute Australian butter and to return part of the proceeds by way of bonus to the producers. Good competition, is (May 9) main- ] tamed at the wool sales. The Brantwood (New Zealand) brand brought 9^d. The Americans are buying good greasy sorts. A vast Nihilist conspiracy has been discovered in St. Petersburg, and 100 | arrests have been effected. Among i those arrested on suspicion of being i concerned in the conspiracy are important Government officials, priests, bankers, members of society, and friends of political liberty. In arresting a number of women in Moscow in connection with the conspiracy many were almost in a state of nudity before their capture was effected. News from Central America states that the Government troops inflicted thrpe successive defeats on the rebels in San Salvador. Four hundred were killed and 1500 wounded, most of the latter severely. The Journal des Debats contends that the hoisting of the British flag at Wadelai is. the first step towards the conquest o£ the entire Nile Valley. The Hon. W. Gresham, Secretary of State, in a Blue Book presented to Congress, says the tripartite treatj r in regard to Samoa has aggravated the evils of .the situtation, and the United States is not really concerned in the trouble. Thft World states that Sir W. V. . Harcourfc will shortly receive an earldom. Lord. Rosebery, speaking at a meeting of the National Liberal Club, said the Government would presevere with their programme even if they Only had a majority of two. Thirty thousand miners in Scotland refused to agree to a reduction in wagea

and in consequence have been locked | out by the mineowners. Frozen mutton (May 11) is unchanged. The hemp market is slightly j easier. Fair to good Wellington i brought Lls 15s. The Kaikoura's butter and cheese arrived in good conditiou. Victorian frozen mutton 2^d. New Zealand long-berried wheat (in warehouse)" 26s 3d (quiet) ; Southland do 27s (quiet) ; Victorian do 26s 6d. A cargo of Australian wheat sold at 22s 9d. Danish butter is unchanged Senator Lodge's proposal for a discriminating tariff against Great Britain and her colonies until she assents to an international silver agreement was carried by the committee by a majority of 40, and ordered to be, submitted to the Senate. The Democrats expect that 43 Senators will support the compromise tarift. An electric railway has been opened at Nantes, in Normanby. The. Heilmann locomotive, which is being used, is expected to travel 75 miles an hour. The opinion is growing in India that the mysterious smearing of the trees in certain districts has a religious and not a political signißcance. The Daily News, referring to the report that the Parnellites will oppose the new duties, taunts them with preferring to see Irish autonomy perish rather than that the price of whisky should be increased a bottle for 12 month?. It advises the Premier to persevere while he has the confidence of the country, and warns the Parnellites of the heavy responsibility that rests upon them for their action. In the House of Commons the second reading of the Budget Bill was carried after 1 a close division, the voting being ayes noes 294. The House then adjourned till the 21st inst. In the division, the Parnellites voted against the Government, while the atitiParnellifces supported the measure. Three GladvStonians and one Unionist abstained from voting. The New York Herald publishes a telegram stating that 10,000 people have been killed by an. earthquake in Venezuela. Mcrida, San Jiinn, and a number of other small towns have been destroyed. Oompe f ition at the wool sales is (May 11) stronger and prices for medium sorts are firmer. The Coxeyites continue to seize trains, thus causing much trouble and J disarrangement of traffic. In a fight at Yskima two policemen and several of Ooxey's band vvere shot dead. The miners of Ostram, in Poland, broke out in riob and raided the pits. The gendarmes were called out and fired on the men, nine of whom were killed and 20 wounded. The Times Buenos Ayers correspondent telegraphs that the legal authorities declare that the extradition, treaty with Great Britain does not cover Jabez Balfour's case. While H.M,S. Galatea was salufc--1 ing a shell exploded, beheading one gunner and injuring three others. The Dutch are packing margarine in Australian-shaped boxes. News has been received that the Yakin Indians ambushed Mexican troops on a mountain defile, killing 200. The marriage of the Czarewitch to the Princess Alix of Hesse takes place on November 10. Lord Lansdowne, ex- Viceroy of India, and Lord Roberts, formerly Commander-in-Chief, concur -in the belief that the marking of trees is connected with a religious ritual, and has nothing to do with politics. The Times Simla correspondent telegraphs that Rajpoot arid Moslems from Delhi originated the disorder in Arga, and that the affair is devoid of any political importance. The Viceroy considers that no attention need be paid to rumours of a general mutiny. It is now reported that the outbreak in the 17th Bengal Infantry is not connected with the question of caste. Her Majesty has summoned the Right Hon. H. H. Fowler, Secretary of State to the Indian department, to Windsor, to inquire into the rumour of the threatened mutiny in India. The Colonial Society in Berlin have petitioned the Kaiser to protect Samoa. The Berlin Post states that Germany has decided to assemble a large squadron at Samoa. Three crusiers will be sent from the South American station to reinforce the Falke and the Buzzard. Much anti- English sentiment is displayed throughout the country about New Zealand's proposal to annex Samoa, and the Germans generally fear that America is becoming the tool of England. It is suggested that England j should be satisfied with Tonga. Owing to the strike the BaltimoreOhio railway is without coal. The coal is being seized on travelling lines. The Eaglish wheat market showes a [ general decline, Continental is somewhat weaker, and American is depressed. At the wool sales (May 13), combing and inferior sorts are steady, and cross breds irregular. The Khedive visits London and Paris in June. The arrest of an additional 100 Nihilists has been made in connection with the recently-discovered conspiracy. The German Colonial Society intend to petition: the Chancellor to secuie the control of Samoa,

The Times assserts that no British Government would even discuss the question of a German Protectorate over Samoa and hints at the possibility of British and German Control. The Telegraph's St Petersburg cor- \ respondent wires that a prominent i citizen of Tomsk, who for many years had kept the secret (recently, divulged to his wife and friends) that he had during his boyhood escaped from the Siberian mines, was arrested immediately, flogged, and returned to the mines. The tragic suicide of two young children is reported in "Vienna. A boy aged 9 and a girl two years older, owing to bad reports sent to the parents by the schoolmaster, clasped hands and committed self-destruction in. the Danube. In a letter left by the diminutive pair they said, ' There is no happiness in life.' Th" Brooklyn Tabernacle was destroyed by fire at the conclusion of Dr Tal mage's Sunday morning services, and aJso the Holy Land relics and the Regent Hotel. The fire originated in connection with the electric motor working the organ. The damage is estimated at over a million dollars. Dr Talmage observed the fire after the service had been concluded, and cautioned his congregation against panic. It was owing to this precaution that no casualties occured. The Pall Mall Gazette declares that the British fleet is doomed unless the Mediterranean fleet is increased instead of the Channel squadron. It adds that in the former waters the French vessels outnumber those of Great Britain. They have twice the means and thrice the practice, besides which more of the shores are lined with torpedoes. A peculiar case is reported from Pola, the cheif naval station in Austria. Some time ago a wealthy lady left a bequest for the poor and sick of Pola, but the trustees to whom the money was entrusted excluded the Jews from participation on the ground that legally the latter were not included in the term ' human beings.' The matter was referred to the Appeal Court, which reversed the decision of the trustees, and included Jews on the grounds of ancient laws. Her Majesty the Queen has wired to the Khedive expressing pleasure at his proposed visit to Paris and London next month, and inviting him to Windsor. The Times Vienna correspondent declares that the Vatican is opposing the civil marriage proposal in Hungary with a view to disunite Austria and injure the Triple Alliance, which will not assist to restore the temporal power. There is an epidemic of suicides in the city of Paris. Several deaths of students and juveniles have been reported. The great Aurora mine in Michigan is on fire, and many of the miners who were down below have been unable to escape. The wives of the miners in Maryland declare that if their husbands strike they themselves will work the mines. 4> .