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North Otago Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 7271, 20 October 1891, Page 2

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Received October 20, at 1 a.m. Melbourne, October 19. Tho hearing of tho charges of miscr.nducb and negligent navigation brought by tho Marino Hoard against Capt^^ Pridoaux, of the s.a. Easby, and Captil^^ Bell, of t.»o G^mbior, has commenced. Bhisbane, October 19. Tho Graziers Butchering Company has secured a contract for the supply of five hundred thousand kilogrammes of preserved meat for tho Netherlands Governmen for the ubo of the Dutch troops. Peiith, October 19. The fire at Gemldtown destroyed Wainwright's woolshed and the Express nowspaper office. Tho damage is estimated at L15.000. London, October 19. The report that Mr Balfour takes the leadership of the House of Commons is confirmed. Mrs W. H. Smith will obtain a peerage in recognition of her lute husband's services, A meeting, attended by 20,000 laborers, was held in Victoria Park to urge the revival of tho Carron whart strike. The carpenters return to work to-morrow. Rome, October 19. An active volcano has risen from the bed of the soa on the coast of Pitntillaria Island, 60 miles south-west of Sicily Island. The Italian Government has undertaken to increase tho spood of the mail train, and to improve the Brindiin harbor, hoping by this means to ontbid the proposed Salonica route. The statement made by Italian papers that Marquis Rudini showed M. de Giera, the Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs, a copy of tho Triple Alliance in order to convince him that the terms are all in favor of poaco is denied. IIono Konc, October 19. The Chineso Government has demanded from Russia an explanation of her attitude with regard to the Pamir Plateau. Washington, October 19. Five hundred and eiejht thousand dollars have been awarded tho CanadianPacific Railway Company as compensation for faulty construction by the Government of a section of the line crossing the Rocky Mountains.