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[PBB PBESS ASSOCIATION.—COPYBIOHT.] LABOR CONFERENCE. ENGLISH CROPS ROTTING IN THE FIELDS. THE CANADIAN SCANDALS. MURDER BY NIHILISTS. London, September 1. A conference of labor unions ■ which is sitting at Leeds, representing 50,000 men, has resolved in favor of the immediate federation of the trade and labor unions. The English harvest has been suspended owing to the wet weather, and the crops are Kitting in the fields. Ottawa, September 1. The Hon. J. Chaplean and other Tory Catholics in Canada have appealed to the Pope against the political action of the National Party, led by M. Mercier ; the Premier of Quebec. Calcutta, September 1. The Indian export of wheat is the largest since 1883. Bebne, August 31. The Simplon railway tunnel is estimated to cost 80,000.000 frances, and the boring will take eight and a-half years to complete. Roue, September 1. The Italian budget estimates that the expenditure for 1892 will be reduced by 21,000,000 francs. St. Petepsbubg, September 1. Some Nihilists have murdered the chief of police at Bielaya Tserkoff, near Kiev.
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FINANCIAL TROUBLE IN SERVIA.
THE DISTRESS IN RUSSIA.
FAMINE FEARED IN MARTINIQUE
London, August 30. Mr H. M. Stanley is in London walking with the aid of crutches.
Belgrade, August 30. M. Michael Vuitch, Servian Minister of Finance, has resigned, because he finds himself unable to collect the 19,000,000 francs of taxes which are m arrear. St. Peteesb-bo, August 30. The Russian naval authorities ar6 adopting the Cana guns for their ships.
Serious riots are taking place in South Russia, and the agitation is spreading Several grain firms have become bankrupt.
Pabis, August 30. The French Government has granted a sum of a million francs (£40,600) to the Martinique authorities, a famine being feared.
Admiral Gervais has sent in his report on the reception of the fleet in England couched in enthusiastic terms.
Munich, lugust 30. The Meteorological Conference has begun its sitting in this city. Mr Wragge, oi Queensland, is among the delegates present Madbas, August 30. Bishop Caldwell is dead.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 6242, 2 September 1891, Page 2
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