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EUROPE AND AMERICA.
The death of Lord Bury is announced. Many fresh discoveries of bombs have ' boon made at Barcelona. ..-. The death is announced of Priu'ce Alexander, formerly .ruler of Bulgaria. ; Tim dynamite plot in Montreal wufi.lho outeouu! of French Canadian .hostility.. The death is announced r of Lady Bowon. wife of ex-Governor Bo wen of, New Zealand, from bronchitis. ■ . .-. ; Lord Chas. Boresfo'rd has submitted. to the Admiralty a navalship-buildiiigipro- :i < gramme to cost eighteen million aterliug. ,■ . The Australian cricketers le!ft- : Van- j, : cduver for Australia per S.s. Warriinoo* .... Mr Cohen, the manager of- the team, ..,-. states --that the total receipts: of the tour . have been £9010. r" r ' : :A movement is afloat for the formation, of an importers' advisory committee re- . garding frozen meat, on similar lines to that recently established to regulate the. price of colonial butter. , • , King Lobeugula is willing to negotiate with the British Company for peace, but his wurriois demand to fight. It is ■ therefore expected that a strong British . column will" shortly attack the King's position. • Severe gales have been experienced along the British Coast, and many vessels have been driven ashore. There has been much loss of life and property and at inland towns falling chimneys caused sud destruction. In the House of Commons the Premier (Mr Gladstone), while declining to an r nounce before February next the _ shipbuilding programme- of the Admiralty,.,,: declared that :tho, Goyornniept , .would , maintain a distinct naval supremacy. . ; , ,j Three Canadian Militia officers, in- : ' eluding the son of Mr. H. Mercier, a , : Quebec statesman, have been arrested, on. .:•;> a charge of attempting to destroy ; the . ; j Nelson Monument in Montreal by means. : of dynamite. The plot was divulged by : ( a son of the chief police. Major Forbes, who commanded one of the columns against King Lobengula, has been gazetted High Commissioner ; of Bulawayo. King Lobengula's inipi . . are situated twenty miles north of Bulawayo, and Major Adams' has sent a mouuted patrol to endeavour to arrange terms of peace. Mr J. K. McCready, of Melbourne, who was charged with defrauding Messer Suit <vvorer and Co., Parisian merchants, has instituted proceedings against his accusers, churning £10,000 for false imprisonment The case will bo heard in' December, and afterwards Mr McCready "will retain to Melbourne. John KiVbx McCready, of Melbourne, charged with defrauding: Messrs Schewerer and Company, merchants, of Paris and Melbourne, was agrain brought up before the Bow-street Police Court-to-day. Mr Lushington, the magistrate, discharge! the accused, and In refusing an application for extradition, expressed the opinion that the dealings between the accused and the Paris firm were legitimate. ■ . Intelligence is to hand that the insurgont leader, Admiral Mello, intends ts proclaim the Comte d'Eu. the son of the late-Emperor, who is on board the rebel fleet, Monarch of Brazil; but it is re- •"-'■:• garded as doubtful whether he will sue- i ' ceeel before the arrival in Rio of the war ~ vessels recently purchased, byr President \ ; Peixoto. Eipjbt of the foreign Powers':" 1 interested in Brazil have decided to pee- , vent the landing of the munitions of war . in 15.i0 Sir Mortimer Durand, the British _ CommissiDner to Cabul, has held a final and public reception,, at a dubar with the Ameer. The latter, addressing Sir Mortimer, said he had exhorted Afghans to always remain friendly to the British. The Ameer of Afghanistan has agreed that Chitral, Lajourswat, and adjacent States to the Indus, Kohistan and Hazristan, shall come under British influence. The Ameer withdraws his forces, and receives an additional six lakhs of rupees annually. The conference, re the miners' strike, has decided that the men should resume work at the old rates until February, and that a Conciliation Board, .comprising ' twenty-eight delegates, from the inineowners and miners', should be appointed . forthwith. The Board is to continue in office for one year, and determine the rate' 1 .: of wages from time to time. The ' a]}-, ! . pointment of the chairman of the L .Bpard " : ; and the easting vote (if necessary). ; virtu- ; i! ally rests with the Speaker of the' House 01 't of Commons. ! ".'"• . ; .' '■'■
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Northern Advocate, 25 November 1893, Page 1
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