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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 6414, 26 March 1892, Page 3

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EIGHT HOURS BILL

THE CASE OF DAISY HOPKIK3

THE TIMFS AND THE SURPLUS

SMALL HOLDINGS BILL-

WITHDRAWAL OF GOLD

BEHRIIsG SEA. DIciPUTJjJ. ; (Received March 2G, 11.15 a.m.) i London. Match :'.'•■. At a great meeting of the Miners' .--rV.V.-- ; ration aud Coal Porters' Union, i^-oh^v■■■<■:' ' wero carried urging tho working man nl th ■ grand election only to vote for Ciinilidnt'•• ; who expressed themselves in favor the ; Hours Bill. ' The hearing of the action and claim iv; , ; damages for wrongful imprisoament_in Uio j Spinninghouso which Daisy Hopkia--- ; brought agiiiust Mr F \Vallis, i of Cuirns College, Cambridge, is proceeding, j The Times says that tlio surplus shown i; I Mr UoHcheu will be smaller than exiiccict 1 , ; and is unlikely to allow of much rcJuctio.i ■ in taxation. ;

Tho Small Holdings Bill was rod ■■•- ] second tirao in tho House of Common-- wi!_;i- i out a division, tspt-aking on the motion, ilr ) Gladstone characterised the measure v.-. ■

honest, but only a partial effort. Gold to the value of a million pound-" h:\. been withdrawn from tho Bank oi; iiugia-.i. for export to Russia. The members of the House of Comm'.>p. who posse»3 p. special knowledge* cf l!i United States display uneasiness at tho 'Htituue adopted by the Senate and Harrison, as they fear that tho Uiii.'..-.-. States Government will send warer.i.-s t<

teep the Canadian sealers oil the a. A question regarding the diiiiociiy will be asked in the Houpo to-day. In the United States tho dispute arouses but liuie popular interest, and the Ameriu-wi <»■ English exchanges have not besn afiVuiccl. The Foreign Relations Committee rocommend that tho Behring Sea Treaty b:.ratified.