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Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 3, Issue 11, 9 February 1892, Page 2

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London, February 2. The Dublin Express advises the rejection of the scheme of local government offered by the Tories. The Independent urges the re-union pf the Irish party. ' . Perry, the property agent in County Clare, who was shot by three armed ; men, has died of his wounds. Februarys. Lord Salisbury addressed a large meeting at Exeter Hall last night, the attendance being estimated at upwards of ten thousand. Beferring to the Egyptian affairs he said that the new Khedive. Abbas Bey, would follow the policy; of his late father, and on the [and question he declared that the Government were very anxious to multiply the number of small holdings. Ireland was still the burning question of the day, and he warned the people of England that if a separate'- Parliament were set up in Dublin; it would produoe a result which'!would compel the whole world to declare that England was in a state of senile decay. He appealed to the country to avert this crowning calamity and disgrace. Throughout his address Lord .Salisbury made no reference whatever to dissolving Parliament before the date in which it will expire by enluiioh of time. '■■,.■ •"•'" '■•■.■':■■- 1 ': : '"' :

Referring to the condition of the agricultural labourers Lord Salisbury said at present no Government could afford to propose to supplement the provision for old age. The experiment would be very risky. In his speech at Exeter Hall Lord Salisbury said that the approaching general election would only be the beginning of a protracted struggle. If England lacked the nerve and manliness to control Ireland then one by one the flowers would be plucked from the diadem of the Empire until Great Britain stood alone,;,

■ Five hundred and - seven deaths, occurred in London last week from influenza. The death-rate is 41 per 1000

Mr J. A. Cox, M.P. for Clare, who recently returned from a tour through the Australasian Colonies, declared in the course of a speech in Dublin that not more than fifty people in those colonies sided with the Paniellites. Paris, February 4; Frozen meat from the River* Plate is selling freely in the city, but only a few day's supplies are available. Berlin, February 4. A number of sergeants belonging to the 12fch German army corps have been imprisoned for periods ranging from two to five years for inhuman treatment of the men. •