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Feilding Star, Volume XXIII, Issue 119, 16 November 1901, Page 2

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rele«rapta.Pre M ABfiociatton.Go©v»i'ht S t 2 raa uT Con fe«*ce with re- ! will meet on 16th December: ti n Bjemh, November 1». j l rm £ n Fede ral Council has apr a iii theTariffßuiwith^»^The Government and the leadine business men at Saxony held a conference at Halle, respecting the great distress existent in the Kingdom. The Government are optimistic, while the business men considered the crisis very serious, necessitating special help being given the people. „. _ London, November 16. ineLondon Corporation entertain the Prince and Princess of Wales on December sth in recognition of their successful colonial mission. Lord Rosebery, speaking at Edinburgh, said it was only possible to carry great measures if there was a truce in party warfare. He would like to see the Cabinet composed of business men of the type of Sir inomas Lipton and Mr Andrew Carnegie. . M »ior-General ßaden Powellasked the N.S.W. Agent-General to thank the donors for their splendid token of regard. Count Wolff Metternich succeeds Hatzfeldt as German Ambassador in England. Great Britain and Turkey have agreed upon the delimitation of spheres of influence at Yamen and Aden. It is reported that Great Britain is negotiating the transfer of the Mosquito Coast, Nicaragua. There are 840 smallpox patients in the London hospitals. Following the lead of Glasgow, Edinburgh holds an exhibition in 1907. Obituary - Colonel Henry Mapleson, the well-know impresairo. Wheat— A Victorian cargo has sold at 28s 9d. New York, November 16. Professor Hahnmann, of the Medical College of Chicago, claims much success in treating cancer with the Rontgen rays. President Rooseveldt, replying to a representative of the Chamber of Commerce, expressed sympathy and reciprocity with the conventions, and, while declining active leadership, would warmly urge the Congress to act. President Rooseveldt has appointed a negro Magistrate. President Rooseveldt assured the chairman of the Civil Service Reform League that he intended to exclude all political influence from the Army and Navy and colonies. Shanghai, November 15. A foot of snow has fallen at Pekin and this delays the Court's return. Paris, November 15. The Chamber of Deputies, by 838 votes to 87, adopted the Bill introduced by M. Bertaux, Radical Socialist deputy, conceding ten hours a day to railway servants, and allowing them a pension after twenty years' service. M. Caillaux, Minister of Finance, vainly protested against saddling the State with a charge of 78,000,000 francs yearly.