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Clutha Leader, Volume XX, Issue 1036, 1 June 1894, Page 6

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♦ : Fierce fighting is going on in the Central American Republic of Salvador between the rebels and Government troops. Three thousand men have been killed since May 15th. The Premier, speaking at Birmingham, made a strong attack on Mr Chamberlain, and promised to pass the Welsh Disestablishment Bill through the House o£ Commons before dissolving. The Nihilists undermined a house at Smolensk, where it was expected the Czar would reside during the army manoeuvres. Floods in Williamsport (Pennsylvania) have rendered 10,000 people homeless. The public prosecutor in Salta" has approved of the extradition of Jabez ( Balfour to England. The State of Wyoming is sending wool to England. This is the first time it has boen exported from the United States. Fifty single women, who arc Government emigrants, have embarked at London for Perth, Western Australia. Another batch will leave in August. Rioters in Corea ir.urdered the Provisional Governor and 40 clerks near Seoule. . Chinese troops suppressed the disorder and killed 100 of the rioters. The Times asserts that the treaty with Belgium secures British control of of the Upper Nile, thus giving an unbroken line of communication throughout the length .of Africa, and it will also tend to check the French advance in the Conga district. Mr Stewart, official receiver, is asking that the old directors of the New Zealand Lean and Mercantile Agency Company be ordered to refund the amount of dividends paid out of capital. Judge Williams approves of the recommendation. The Countess of Glasgow returns to New Zealand at the end of July. The Times Paris correspondent wires that M. Perier has resolved to lead the party, and assist the Socialists, ha says, to save the country from a downward course. Owing to the political crisis there has been a fall on the Bourse, M. Bourgois is likely to succeed M. C&simvfc Perier as Premier of France. Lord Rosebery, speaking at Birmingham, referred to dissensions among the party, and said that if the Liberals did not trust tho Government it would be better to eject them, as he declined to remain head of the Ministry on sufferance. He admitted that the Home Rule Bill was not perfect. The Government would again attempt to settle the question in consonance with Irish ideas. The operation on the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone's right eye was successful. Four oculists were engaged. No anaesthetic was used, but the patient suffered no pain. He is improving. One thousand iron bottles and a large gasholder exploded in a hydrogen store . attached to the Ballooning Barracks in Berlin. The Servian Radical judges have been dismissed from office, and it is expected a state of seige will shortly be declared in Belgrade. The British forces in Nyassa district routed Makangirt, a noted slave dealer, and killed 100 of his followers, Messrs Craen and Cronen, Australian wool spinners of Bradford, have, owing to losses incurred on the American market, been compelled to summon a meeting of creditors. They intimate their liabilities at L 200,000. The English wheat market is weak, and prices are unchanged. Continental is dull, and American changing a little for the better. Rabbit.skins show a general decline of Id. *7».Thft House of Commons, by a majority of 127, agreed to the measure providing that election expenses be paid from rates. The Irish members have notified the Secretary for Ireland that they will oppose the Irish Education Bill at all stages, owing to the omission of the Christian Brothers. The Senate will accept the Democratic comprise respecting the Tariff Bill, and it is expected that the measure will pass into law ori June 30. The Committee appointed to inquire into the 1 alleged bribeiy regarding the tariff by members of the Sugar Trust have submitted their report, in which they exonerate members of the Senate and also capitalists of the charge of offering bribes. Wool is unchanged and the market flat. « Elderslie ' brand, New Zealand, brought 9^d. American representatives are purchasing very freely. The total quantity catalogued up to date (May 27) amounts to 236,800 bales of which' 2l3, 800 bales have been sold. Lord Rosebery asked Mr John Burns to join, the Ministry, but the latter again refused, stating that he could best serve workers by remaining outside the Government. The Advertiser says that the fact of Austi'alian exports exceeding the imports by 11 millions sterling is encouraging, and proves the vastness of the latent resources of the colonies. It .forecasts a speedy recovery to the former condition. Russian police activity at present has not been equalled for many years, and some alarm is occasioned at the daily banishing of offenders to Siberia.. |

It is reported that the Duke of York has given a tentative promise to visit Australia in 1895. Cholera has broken out among the residents on the German-Polish ; _ frontier. ! A ukase issued by the Czar deprives. 1 Governors and Ministers of the power of appointing or dismissing civil servants. Such power is reinvested ' with the Czaiv. This action has been j taken owing to the favouritism ] displayed, and has caused a mild sensation in officialdom. M. Poincare, formerly French, Education Minister, considers the first duty of the new Government will be' to dispel the British delusion that France | is willing to submit to her best-founded j rights in Congo being ignored. ! Floods in tha Yangtse Kiang, China have caused the death of 600 people by drowning. j The defence to the Counjess of Rus- j sell's application for the restoration of j conjugal rights is that she is not en- j titled to the application, having been | guilty of cruelty. Owing to the charges she preferred against the Earl of being guilty of disgraceful offences, the case has been postponed for the present, his ; Honor advising that counsel for the defence should abandon the technical plea, as he would prefer to decide the case on its merits. Ex-King Milan has decided to leave Servia in August. A land slip in Keilu, Punjab, darned a river, and the Utter bursting its banks flooded the surrounding villages. Two hundred persons .were drowned. At the wool sales there is fair competition, but prices remain unchanged. Mendip Hills (New Zealand) clip realised B§d per lb ; Belleview, 9^d. The London County Council threaten to prohibit practical tests of Herr Dowe's bullet-proof cuirass taking place in the music halls, owing to the fact of a girl assistant having been wonnded. The military authorities are convinced o£ the strength of the cuirass. The Prince of Wales viewed the tests made on an armour-clad horse. At the Alhambra Music Hall two shots were fired from a Lee-Metford rifle were fired at Herr Dowe, who was wearing his bullet-proof cuirass. Dowe passed through the ordeal without harm. He askes L 200.000 for his invention. Mr Fox, an Australasian artist, re ceived a third. class medal for pictures exhibited in the Paris salon. M. Casimir Perier, late Premier ot France iuformed the Premier of England and the King of the Belgians on what terms France would accept the .Anglo-Congo convention. In the House of Commons, Sir E. Grey stated that the United States had not officially intimated its desire to retire from participation in the administration of Sarnoan affairs. Mr S. H. Buxton, Parliamentary Secretary of the Colonial office, stated in the House of Commons that the Government were considering an amendment of the Australasian customs (sic) in accordance with the wishes of the colonies. Sir Edward Grey, Political Secretary for the Foreign department, replying to a question in the House of Commons, stated that both Germany and Italy recognised rhe British sphere in the Congo district, and he declared that the Anglo-Belgian treaty does not affect French interests in Africa. <&,