MISCELLANEOUS.
London, May 15. The committee of the Eadical members of the House of Commons has omitted Home Rule from its programme, and limits its platform to the abolition of the House of Lords. The Portugese are lending the Chartered Company rifles, horses, and waggons. Twelve thousand London joiners and carpenters go out on strike on Monday, demanding a half-penny per hour advance in wages. Paris, May 16. A society is being formed here for the purpose of insisting that legislative action be taken in regard to the declining population of France. The Czar has forwarded a message of condolence to President Fauvre in connection with the recent train accident in Algiers, whereby a number of soldiers were killed or injured. He describes the men as " brave brothers in arms." Washington, May 16. Mr Langley, of the Smithsonian Institute, has invented a machine for flying half a mile at a height of 100 feet.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 19, 18 May 1896, Page 2
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154MISCELLANEOUS. Hastings Standard, Issue 19, 18 May 1896, Page 2
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