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Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 3, Issue 92, 9 December 1892, Page 2

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London, December 5. It was beef shipped on board Outararaa at Townsville, Queensland that turned putrid. Only about iT third of that consignment was affected. The signalman by whose neglect, induced by want of sleep, the fatal railway accident at Thirsk, Yorkshire, was caused, was convicted of manslaughter. The Judge merely ordered him to come up when called upon for sentence. Medium combing wools have declined 5 per cent., and competition is weaker all round. Australian 7id to 9d. December S. It is stated that the report of Lord Onslow’s committee will be favourable to General Booth. The members find that there has been no wrongful use of the money entrusted to the Salvation Army. The Times has published a long article on Australasian produce in the English markets, giving the history and dimensions of the butter, fruit, and mutton trade, which, it says, is doing more to bind the Colonies to Great Britain than any Imperial federation scheme yet projected. Paris, December 5. M. Ribot has succeeded in forming a Ministry. Figaro reports that the Grand Duke Sengius has given Mr Gladstone a most pacific assurance that the Czar has no intention of settling the Eastern question with French assistance.

' The Anarchists threaten to destroy by dynamite the residences of the English judges who heard the charge against the Anarchist Francois, and ordered his extradition to France. December 6.

In the absence of the Government the Chamber voted urgency for a Bill granting the Panama Canal Committee extensive judicial powers. Washington, December 5. Congress has voted funds for further rain-making experiments in Texas.

Rome, December 5.

Prince Deste is to be sent abroad to prevent him contracting a morganatic marriage with a plebian.

Sofia, December 6.

Montenegro has quarrelled with Russia, and is making overtures to Bulgaria.

Berlin, December 6. The Centre has decided to vote for the first reading of the Army Bill. Sydney, December 6.

A deputation, including 31 members of Parliament, presented a petition tq the Minister of Justice to-day, asking for a remission of the sentence on the leaders of the Broken Hill strike. The Minister made a vigorous reply, saying he did not consider the sentence excessive. The men took the law into their own hands, and he declined to treat them differently from others who had broken the law. It would be a farce to release them after serving five weeks only. Their offence demanded something more than a nominal punishment. The wheat harvest is expected to reach 7,176,000 bushels, with an average of 16| bushels to the acre, the highest qn record. It 13 estimated that 7,250,000 bushels will be required for consumption, and 626,000 bushels for seed purposes. There has been a heavy fall in silver shares. Proprietary shares have dropped 15s, and Block X shares 12s 6d.

Melbourne, December Q. The body of a hospital patient will shortly be exhumed, as there is a suspicion that the limbs found at Hawthorn were removed from it. The trial of the directors of the Anglo-Australian Banking Co., hasbegun. The Crown Prosecutor in his. opening address stated that the institution started in 1888 with £37 10s of capital but by means of fictitious transactions in land the accused made it appear that the bank had a paid up capital of £IOO,OOO and a magnificent reserve fund. Sir M. Davies has called a meeting of his creditors. It is understood that ; the unsecured liabilitis consist mostly of unpaid calls to companies. Wellington, December 7. In the Suprene Court, Zolas and Palmer, the cabmen who pleaded guilty to robbing Dubig, a Marlborough schoolmaster, and were remanded for the Probation report, were sentenced months, imprisonment each. Mr W. B. Percival has written iq the Chief Inspector of the dairy, factories that he is looking forward to a very successful season for New Zealand butter. The Agent-General adds “ the article has now got a footing in the Lonsqn Market, and it frill be the fault iafihe producers if they do not take advantage of their opporunifcy, and the more that is sent, if the quality is good, the better prices will be obtained.”