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London, December 15. The quantity of wool catalogued at the recent sales was 148,000 bales, of of which 14,000 were held over, and 85,000 were taken for export. Five of the men who were injured by the explosion of the steam pipes on the Jumna are dead. A cargo of New Zealand wheat, on passage, has been sold at 36s Lisbon, December 15.
The Portuguese expedition to Mazambique will consist of 800 Regulars and 300 Volunteers. A mob attacked the British Consulate at Quilinane, but the Portuguese officials arrested the ring leaders. The National Committee in the city are sending funds to defray the cost of arming volunteers at Delagoa Bay to take part in an expidition which is about to start for Manice in the interior of South and East Africa.
Sydney, December 15. Mr Amos, contractor, is suing the Railway Department for £300,000 in connection with several contracts. The case begins early next year. Crick, who was lately expelled from Parliament speaking at Lambton, on Saturday, reiterated his charges bri- of bery in connection with the Broken Hill Water Supply Bill, adding the Government was corrupt. The_ matter was brought under the notice of the House to-night, and Sir H. Parkes moved that the Speaker request Crick to state whether he used the language which was attributed to him in the reports ol his speech. The debate is still proceeding. December 16.
In the House of Assembly last night Mr Dibbs, leader of the Opposition, supported the Premier's action with reference to the speech *nade by Mr Crick at Lambton on Saturday. Ultimately the motion that the Speaker request Crick to state if he had used the language attributed to him was carried by 66 to 12. Crick thereupon denied that he had used the specific words "Pasliamenfc was rotten and corrupt. A boy aged fifteen has been arrested on a charge of making several attempts to burn down Marebone station near Dubbo, and also of placing poison in several articles of food.
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Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 1, Issue 92, 19 December 1890, Page 2
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