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Clutha Leader, Volume XX, Issue 1038, 15 June 1894, Page 6

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The Pall Mall Gazette declares that the Chancellor's proposal to levy death duties on colonial estates, without first obtaining the assent of the colonies, is dangerous and revolutionary. Lord Thurlow is bankrupt. His liabilities 3 mount to L430,000, and the assets to L3 0,000. Mr Bruce, of New South Wales, finds there is litt?« encouragement in Germany to push trade in Australian produce. The Suez Canal Company have conferred liberal pensions on M. De I Lesseps and his family. The floods in the Fraser river, British Columbia, are increasing. The towns along its course are in darkness, the gasworks being flooded. The devastation is appalling. Whole hamlets have disappeared into the raging torrent. The Washington, correspondent of the Financial News says it is suggested that a monetary union should be ar, ranged to include the British coloniesbut to exclude Great Britian herself. *^The -Radical Conference urges that the House of Lords should be abolished, or that the Government should legislate for remission of bills direct to the Crown after the Lords had rejected.

them. Sir Charles Dilke moved thafc the franchise should rest on personal '. fitness alone ; that constituencies should 1 pay the election expenses, and parlia- , ment pay the members. The resolution was carried. The strikers at M'Kee's, Port Pitts--1 burg, have mounted three cannons on an eminence commanding the line of railway along which the train bringing the marshals and troops must pass. Six thousand strikers are destroying property in the viciuity of the town. In Ohio the strikers have blockaded the 1 railways. The strike at Cripple Creek has been renewed, and the miners have r occupied a fortified camp, from which [ the police are preparing to forcibly i eject them. , The Sutherland will case has been ' settled by the court. The duchess 1 claimed the sum of L1, 500,000, and has been awarded L500,000 with au . annuity of L5OOO. New Zealaud cheese is (June 7) . quoted at 54s to 56s per cwt. New , Zealand wheat (ex warehouse) 24s . (firm) ; South Australian do, 24s ■ (steady) * Victoriau do, 24s 6d (steady). ; A cargo of South Australian wheat i sold at 22s 9d. Frozen mutton : First i quality, 4£d * second quality 3|-d. Lamb : First quality, 4-^d. The hemp - market is firm but quiet. > Lord Randolph Churchill has decided to visit the Australian colonies, ' and will make the journey via America. , The War Office officials state that I the freezing works at Gibraltar will be ; completed by September. i The Hawaiian Provisional Government have annexed Necker Island. 1 President Dole urges the adhesion to \ a republican form of government in { Hawaii, even if the United States Government persists in annexation. i Mr Haffkine, of Pasteur's Institute, who is visiting India, has inoculated 25,000 persons with cholera vaccine. * with remarkable success. \ Afc Peoria (Illinois) a mob of 1000 strikers blew up a powder magazine. , A fight ensued with the non-unionists, ' two of whom were killed, while a number were mortally wounded. Twelve hundred troops have been sent to Ohio to raise the blockade of the coal trains, which is causing a coal i famine. The strikers in other districts are showing considerable violence, and ■ are seizing mines and burning railway bridges. 1 Speaking in the House of Commons, Sir W, V. Harcourfc said the objections , taken by the colonies to the estate i duties were founded on misapprehen- . sion. He declared there was no intention to impose any tax on the colonies. The only question was whether per- ! sonal property in fche colonies belonging ' to persons domiciled in England, and . subject to legacy and succession duties, . should be subject also to estate duty. The views of the colonies on the matter would receive the careful consideration of the Government. A- Sir John Hall, of New Zealand, 1 addressing a meeting of the. Colonial party in the House of Commons, said i he questioned whether lt was advisable for New Zealand to establish a protecj torate over Samoa, On the subject of . the estate duties, he thought Sir W. ' V. Harcourt's proposals would alienate 1 the loyalty of the colonies. The Agents general for the several colonies are. entering a strong protest against the colonies having to pay estate duties twice. The city of Vtenna has been visited by hail storms of fearful severity. Half a million windows have been smashed, while the parks and gardens were devastated in all directions, telegraph wires razed and buildings damaged. Thousands of birds caught in the storm wece killed before they could reach shelter. Similar storms passed over Presburg, Oedenburg and Croatia. • The hailstones were as large as pigeons' egges and came down in thick showers. A battery of artillery, which was overtaken by the storm in Vienna, suffered severely, 30 of the men being disabled and one killed. Several other deaths and casualties are reported. The Czar has appointed General Tscharavin to the permanent control of the department which provides for his personal safety when travelling. In the Calcutta Divorce Court Sullivan, an Indian planter, sought a divorce from his wife on the grounds of adultery with Mr Eardley Morton, a barrister. The charge having been proved, a decree nisi was granted, with L3OOO damages against the corespondent. The petitioner devotes the award to making provision for his wife. Morton promises to marry the woman immediately, and forego his intention of entering the Indian Parliament. Cold and wet weather is affecting the European crops. The market is hardening and a general recovery is expected. Serious complaints are made regarding the recent shipments of Queensland beef. Some of it is selling afc 2d per lb. The German Government threaten to retaliate if the sugar duties are enforced in the United States, The Provincial Finance Minister of Buenos Ayres declares that the province is bankrupt. At Newport, in Virginia, owing to his denouncement of lynching, the mob tarred and feathered Dr Atone, a British subject. The latter has brought the outrage under the notice of Sir '

Julian Pauncefote, British ambassador, and asked him to procure an indemnity from the United States Government. A cloud hurst upon the Fraser River, near Vanco'iver, demolishing the railway track and wrecking a train. Forty persons were, drowned. It is improbable that any action will be taken against the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Company directors in corinection with the payment of dividends out of capital. Speaking at a political banquet the Marquis of Salisbury declared that Sit W. V. Harcourt's Budget had created the first serious difference between Australia and England. Owing to the proposals in the Budget a number of very large landowners are considering the question of breaking up their estates. The Duke of Westminster is selling his Pimlico. freeholds. The Colonial party passed Mr Hogan's motion congratulating the colonies on the Ottawa Conference. Sir John Hall said he considered that the demand for preferential trade rates was outside practical politics. The attendance of- Lord Jersey at the, Ottawa Conference would, he thought, mark a new era in the relations between the colonies and the Mother Co tin try. Indecisive fighting has taken place at Cripple Creek between the strikers and police. The latter used Gatling guns. Collisions also occurred between the strikers and the police in Cleveland and Ohio. The Hungarian Premier, Herr Wekerle, has out- manoeuvred the clerical intriguers who are on the side of the Court, and has reformed his Cabinet. The Upper House, fearing a popular rising if they offer further resistance, will now pass the Civil Marriage Bill. The Czar, has promised the Pope to desist from closing Roman Catholic convents in Russia. The. Indian Government have retained the services of M. Haffkine for two years in order to continue the work of inoculating against cholera. The. Vatican has placed M. Zola's new book, describing the pilgrimages to Lourdes, in the Index Expurgatorious. The author has retorted that he ; considered it a high compliment. Lord Chief Justice Coleridge is sinking. Two men were killed in an agrarian outrage near Neagh. The National Liberal Club give a luncheon to Sir G. Grey on June 19. The Marquis ol Ripon will preside. Twenty-five thousand forged L5 notes have been sent from Germany to England. •ft/The Times says thafc the Budget puts 'colonial Governments in the position of foreigners and restricts British investments. Collecting taxes twice on the same property will be a blow at the unity of the Empire. The largest mines in Pennsylvania reopen with non-union labor. They will be defended by cordons of police. The Cripple Creek mines have given up their arms. An outrage at Nenagh, in the County of Tipperary, occured during a wake. The . mourners fought with scythes about a dispute over half an aero of land. Three were killed. Speaking in the house of Commons, ELnatchbull Hugession said farmers attributed the depression entirely to Freetrade. Mr Lowther, M.P. for Thanot, contended it .vould be necessary to fix the price of wheat at 48; per quarter. The Hawaiian constitution proposes to confiscate Crown lands to the Republic. The new Hawaiian scheme of franchchise permits natives and naturalised aliens to acquire Crown lands. Five persons have been suffocated in Glasgow through an escape of gas* An Anarchist Meniner, who was arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the explosion in the Cafe Very, Paris, in 1892, has been extradited to France. The wheat market showed an advance of 6d to Is during the week. Owing to the Germans refusing to accept Queensland certificates as to the condition of fche Turakina's beef, the consignment has bean sent to Vienna by way of experiment. The United States Senate is making good progress with the consideration of the tariff. Senator Sherman intends to propose a duty of 40 per cent, on wool. A quantity of explosives was seized at Algiers, where ifc is believed the Anarchists intended to attempt an outrage on a gigantic scale. News has been received of a coup d'etat in Paraguay, and that Don Maringo has been elected President. The death is announced of Muley Hassan, the Sultan of Morocco ; aged 63 years. It is suspected he was poisoned, though it is officially given out that the cause of his death was dysentery. Foreign warships are collecting on the coast. There is great excitement in Spain. Melilla and other Spanish settlements are • being reinforced. Abdul Aziz, a lad of 14, has been proclaimed Sultan. It is expected there will be a rising in favour of Muley Ismal, brother of the late Monarch. The Times advises that colonists residing in England should be allowed to deduct the estate duty when they have -already paid it to the colonial Government. It condemns the Chan- . cellor's jocular insolence in the matter, i