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Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 3, Issue 93, 13 December 1892, Page 3

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London, December 10. Owing to the extradition of the Anarchist Francois to Paris on a charge of being connected with the destruction of the cafe occupied ,by Verry in April last, the Anarchists are active in London, and it is reported that a big plot to destroy public buildings has been discovered. The English and French detectives are on the alert, and it is asserted that three hundred foreign Anarchists are at present in London. At the wool sales there is spirited competition, but prices have not changed. Australian is quoted at 9d

toOfd. . T The massacre of Captam Jacques expedition in Central Africa is doubted and strong reinforcements are proceeding from the coast to Katangata. Many non-Unionist cotton operatives are anxious to resume work at a reduction of 5 per cent, in wages. The north and north-east Lancashire cotton-spinners are adopting the short time system. The Goldsmiths' Company have deVoted the sum of 25,000 guineas in trust for the erection of workmen's dwellings. The petition against the election of Alderman H. Davies, a Unionist, for Rochester, has been upheld on the ground of corrupt practices, and the election declared void. In the course of a speech to-day Sir Edward Reidelberrel,. member for Cardiff, said he would be willing to enlarge the system of local government for Ireland without disturbing the j fundamental relation of the two coun- j tries. He warns Mr Gladstone against j Home Rule and pretentions of the Par- j nell section by the House, also against the release of those in custody for' dynamite outrages, and the restoration of evicted tenants. He stated that he represent* the sentiments of many members of the House of Commons. I

St. Petersburg, December 10. General Dragovsky, Chief Judge of Tashkin, has been murdered. .He had recently sentenced several Nihilists to levere sentences, and the crime is attributed to revenge. New York, December 10.

The Denver silver mines, Colorado, are closed down, and hundreds of miners have been discharged. President Cleveland denies that he intends to convene an extra session of Congress, but will form a Committee of Senate, and the House is to prepare the Tariff Bill.

Berlin, December 10.

Herr Schlwardfe, a member of the Richstag, has been sentenced to 5 months imprisonment for slandering the Jewish makers of the Love rifles. His defence was that he was acting against the raco which it was desired to eject from the country. Capetown, December 10.

The prospectus of the African Transcontinental Telegraph Company to connect Mashonald, Uganda, and] Wady Afpha by eletric telegraph hag j been issued with a capital of £400,000. Sydney, December 11. Bennett, late manager of the Paddington branch of the English and Scottish Chartered Bank, who disappeared with defalcations amounting iq J?12,00Q some two years ago, has jjurrendered himself to the police, It is helieved that during the whole time he has been residing in a suburb of Sydney, but in disguise. Saturday the Directors of the ' 'tltiipn S.S. Company of New Zealand tftptjr&ted the recommissioning of the i.i?Oonah, which has undergone ex-

tensivarepairs, by invitingßooleading aitizens to a trial trip to Broken Bay. The Colonial Treasurer, in proposing the toast "The Union Steam Ship-

ping Company," referred to the marvellous development of the Company, and said the successful management

reflected credit on all concerned. The Oonah averaged a speed of 15 knots.