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Inangahua Times, Volume XIV, Issue 20619, 1 March 1889, Page 4

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„ ■-'- ■■■■» — ■ • I fiY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.-- COPYRIGHT.] j ... . I UNITED PRESSASSOCIATION'I BBITISH AND FOBEION. Received Fab. 27, at 1,80. a.m. London 27. In the fiouw of Commons Balfour, j Chief Secretary for Ireland, stated that the agitators in Ireland had re* doubUd their efforts in inciting people to refnae r«nt, etc., because the crime wad fait dectfeaiing. Farms which had be«n boycotted were now retet, And trade and railway traffic were improTiDß, ho stated further that he mnat distinctly deolined to extend any favor to political prisoners as they were more deserving of punishment thin those whom they made th*ir dopw. The Scotch Sessional Court has granted the petition of the Colonial Iftve^inerit'Odi of New Zealand to reduce the nominal capital by £100,000. Obituary: Sir Ch&s. Dv Cane, K.C.M.G., who waa governor of Tasmania from 1868 to 1874. The Sugar Bounties Conference will awemble on May Ist to consider the laws, nnd fcitu effect to. th^ convention. In the House of Commons to-day Mor«ly moved bis amendment to the Addmfl in Reply, of Which hbhadpre* tJcnsly given notioe. In his amend* aion* Mr MoreTy nrges that COncili* Atoly ' mflftsarea with Tegard to Irish affairs should be adopted by the Government. lfte native football team to-day de« feated the Leeda Stephens Club by two goals and three, tries to n\}. Mr Pearae, a farmer of Dnpedin, is establishing a syndicate to procure and float K£. properties. Bokhara, 26. ' ' Troops under Amir Seid and Ahdul Ahad are advancing in the direction of the Russian frontier. ;v. Beoeived F«b. 27. 12 at 40 p.m. I LondoK 27.Pigott did not appear in court today and it was ascertained . he . had been xaiwing. from the hotel whereof was Staying sines 11 o'clock !a»t nigh,t A warrant has been issued for bis arrest. Sir Oharlei Russell states that <$b Saturday Pigott, in the presence of Messrs Labouchere and G, A. Sala signed a, written confession that he forged tne letters himself. Mr Shanf non, one of the solicitors employed by th«lfaaw produced a letter written 1 ty'Ptgott stating the confession vraß tmtrae. In the latter Pigott. Btated he got the first!' batch from £at Casey, beloved' them to be genuine. Pigott 1 Foayariia Casey' forged the signature of two of the secoud batch of Parnell letters, and also one of liatiU*B and of O^Kelly's. He iasnrU' that »one ofißgan's were forged. The Times ridicules -Mr Gladstones Statement with regard to the evictions •t Hawarden.