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Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 47, 29 November 1882, Page 3

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rupture between france : • and England: more outrages in ireland. Received November 29, 2.20 p.m.] London, November 27. A rupture has arisen in the negotiations which were proceeding with Prance and England on the subject of Madagascar. Envoys from the latter country, who recently wont to Prance, have now arrived in London. News is to hand from Dublin of a seri-. ous outrage committed there to.->day. A man who had just alighted from a car deliberately stabbed a juror in the case of Hynes, who is now under trial. The juror lies in a moribund stafe. A bailiff who was a witness of the outrage made an attempt to seize .the assassin. • The latter, however, escaped into the ear after a struggle, in which he was severely stabbed by the bailiff. i In consequence of the recent outrage the police force in Dublin is being augmented, and all the constabulary are now armed with revolvers. In the House 'of Commons to-day, Gladstone's resolutions regarding Standing Committees were adopted. Beklix, October 27. Heavy rains in Prussia caused the Rhine to overflow its banks, causing great floods. • [This telegram ;has been delayed in transmission between Australia and New. Zealand.] ' . ' . '

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Dttnedin, This Day. ' Lady Emma's scratching is officially denied, but she is reported amiss. WEiLiNTTON, This pay. The Auckland owners of the barque Gazelle have issued a writ against the commissioner of. Customs for the value.of the vessel and damages for her detention by the Customs officer. Some time ago . lOOlbs of tobacco -were found on board, and the captain was fined LIOO, which he paid. The vessel was subsequently seized by Customs.

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Fox-ton, This Day. The following is the verdict of the. jury at the inquest held at Foxton today : — <« William Osborae died at his residence on or about Saturday, the 25th insfc., of heart disease." J