BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXV, Issue 270, 28 November 1889, Page 2

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

OPENING THE GERMAN S REICHSTAG. y ti SULLIVAN AND JACKSON. b THE LONDON LABOR AGITATION, v p (united pbess association.) London, November 27. (' Sir Saul Samuel, Agent-General for " New South Wales, has promised the " colonial office that if England should need c Australia's squadron it will be placed at B her services. * Benzon, the "Jubilee Plunger," has a been adjudicated a bankrupt. = * At Nottingham to-day the Marquis of a Salisbury addressed a public meeting " attended by twelve thousand persons. In referring to the present labor agitation he * advised employers of labor to shorten the a hours of work, but thought it would be a mistake to interfere legally. c The further hearing of the charge * against Mr Parke, of the North London J Press, f6r associatin&Jhe Earl of Euston, * with the alleged scandal at the West End { Club, was taken to-day, when the accused i was committed for trial , bail being allowed. ] In his evidence the Earl admitted having ] visited the house, but said he had expected < to witness a posejplastique exhibition. \ Berlin, November 26. : At the opening of the Reichstag Count ' Herbert Bismarck said the peace of Eur- '• ope was assured. He said Government : intended to abolish differential tariffs with ; France and Italy. San Feancisco, November 27. : The Santa Cruz Athletic Club of Cali- ' fornia offer thirty thousand dollars for a fight to a finish between Sullivan and Jackson. _^