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Lyttelton Times, Volume CXIV, Issue 16357, 29 September 1913, Page 7

ULSTER.

CONFERENCE CERTAIN. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. LONDON, September 26. The “ Nation ” states that the Home Rule Conference is almost certain. theTndemnity FUND. (Received September 28, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, September 27. The Ulster fund amounts te half a million. Significance is attached in Unionist circles to Mr Asquith and Mr Lloyd George conferring, also Mr James Bryce’s interviews with Liberal leaders at Belfast. SUGGESTION OF COMPROMISE. (Received September 29, 12.40 a.m.) LONDON, September 28. Mr Asquith will attend* the King at Balmoral after the Arran visit. The Unionist papers predict that he will discuss with the King the question of a compromise on Home Rule. The “ Manchester Guardian ” suggests that Mr Bryce is an ideal man to carry out delicate preliminary mediation.

THE ULSTER VOLUNTEERS. A REVIEW AT BELFAST. CHILD INJURED BY REVOLVER SHOT. LONDON, September 28. Sir Edward Carson reviewed the Belfast contingent of eleven thousand. There was an imposing scene and twenty thousand spectators .witnessed the ceremony. During the procession a revolver fired by a motorbus driver, who was assailed by Nationalists, wounded a child on the footpath. AN OPEN CHEQUE. " Times/’—Sydney "Sun” Special Cables. (Received September 27, 5.15 p.m.) LONDON, September 27. Sir Samuel M’Caughey’s cable to the treasurer of tlni Guarantee Fund inviting drawing on him for any sum required, has excited universal attention and is credited with exercising a tremendous influence on the situation.