GENERAL NEWS.

Hastings Standard, Issue 489, 30 November 1897, Page 3

GENERAL NEWS.

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London, Nov. 29. . The railway workmen have decided to strike on the loth December unle.-.s the railway companies agree to submit the matter in dispute to arbitration. The Progressive party will nominate Lord Reay as chairman and the Hon. E. Lyulph Stanley as vice-chairman of the London School Board in place of the Marquis of Londonderry and General F. .J. Moberley. The Customs Department has detained a large quantity of gunpowder in the Thames which was about to be shipped persteamerßeluchistan, bound for the Persian Gulf. It is stated that the powder was originally brought from a Russian port, and it is belived it was intended for the tribesmen on the Indian frontier. A heavy north-west gale has been experienced on the British coast, doing a great deal of damage to shipping. Ottawa, Nov. 29. The Canadian Government has declined to agree to the suggestion of the American Government and cousent to stop pelagic sealing in the Behring Sea for a year. Several hundred minors have left Dawson City, Klondyke, in ordeif to escape starvation. Offers made of ;>0 dollars for a sack of flour were refused. Upon the expiration of ohe present Canadian mail arrangements the postal charges on letters to England will be reduced to three cents per ounce. Washington, Nov. 29. The Government has officially declined to agree to the proposal by the Canadian Government to hold a joint commission for the purpose of considering the pending disputes between the two countries. St. Petersburg, Nov. 29. Four daily newspapers have been forbidden to accept advertisements, and oeffiial warning have been issued to other journals. The Czar has sent 250 sacks of flour to the succour of the Thessalian refugees. Constantinople, Nov. 29. The Porte is sending reinforcements to Diskeja to cope with the Albanian rising there. Sydney, Nov. 26. The Marine Board has reprimanded M'Laughlin, who was second officer of the steamer Kameruka at the time the vessel was wrecked. This day. News from the Islands states that two months' ago three canoes containing 18 natives and Brother Bernard, of "the Sacred Heart Mission, started from Taputanea in the Gilbert Group on a visit to the neighboring islands, but have not since been heard of. It is believed that all perished during the stormy weather prevalent at the time. Melbourne. This day. The latest reports of the wheat crop are more favorable. The cooler weather of the last few days has been conducive to the grain filling.