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(By Elkjikio Telegraph—Copyright. )
(Special to Press Association.) Received August 27, al 1.15 a.m. London, August 24. A precession of 100,000 dock strikers marched to Hyde Park. The men protest they will not yield to the masters. London, August 26. The shipping companies have offered to concede most of the demands of the Btrlkers, bat the men stand out firmly for th" abolition of the contract system. During a westerly gale, H.M.S. Sultan, which waa recently raised from the place where she sank near Malta, drifted ashore. When floated off, she will proceed to England. The vessels which escaped from Queenstown Harbor during the naval mar.oeavres returned, actively pursued by 15 of the enemy's crnißers. Rome, August 26. An embassy from the King of Shoa has arrived at Naples on a diplomatic mission to King Humbert, Paris, Aogust 25. The liquidator of the Comptoir d'Escompte has compromised a claim against the directors for twenty million francs. Oxtatta, August 24. The seizure of fishing vessels in Bshring Sea continues.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume XIV, Issue 4458, 27 August 1889, Page 3
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