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Pahiatua Star and Eketahuna Advertiser, Volume 4, Issue 366, 24 January 1890, Page 2

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London, January 20. | A correspondent of the Daily News I complains that the practice of holding ■ wool sale 9 in the colonies is depriving I the London wool rooms of their best ’ Continental customer*. January 21. The Queen’s assent, it is. reported, will be given to the Divorce Bill introduced by Mr William Sbiels, M.L.A., and passed during tbe last session ol ! the Victorian Parliament. The assent ! to the Bill introduced by Sir Alfred • Stephen in the Legislative Council ol ' New South Wales will probably be reserved until amendments are rnadi i by which the length of domicile shall ( be the same in the Victorian Bill. Tbe capital off tbe Irregation Trust, ! now in process of formation, has been | fixed at one million and a half, and n ! strong board will be appointed to ad | minister tbe trust. Sir W. F. D. | Jerrois, one of the promoters, sails for | Australia in May, in connection with the business of the trust, and Mr W. A. Harper will leave in March. ’ Owing to the financial blackmailing in connection with the Russian 2U million covorsiou loan, the money niarket is very tight, and short 10.,n are quoted at 5 per cent. Lord Knutsford states tlmt t;,r Pearl Fisheries Bill (Western Aniridia) will shortly receive the Queen * assent. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Daily Telegraph states that an e\tenr.ve plot against the Czar lias been discovered in which a number of officers and Court officials are implicated. Tbe ringleader, a colonel of the Guard, has committed suicide. The California Club offers for a boxing match between McAuliffe and Sluvin, a purse. Prince Bismarck intends forcing the Socialist hill through the Reichstag. Fifteen warships are in readiness to proceed to Zanzibar. Port Said, Quilliniaue, and Di lagoa Bay to enforce the withdrawal of the Portuguese from the British sphere. The proceedings of the Satnoan Convention held at Berlin have been published. The King of Sweden arbitrates in tbe case of a dispute arising, and has the appointing of the officials. The American Senate have referred the report of the Convention to a select committee. King Carlos of Portugal who was to have been invested with the Order of the Star and Garter, has requested that the ceremony be postponed. The Western Australian deputation has arrived. Their pbject is to secure responsible government for tbe colony. Tlie fish porters are striking for higer wages. The agitation in London for shorter hours and higher pay are resulting in the wool trade being diverted to Antwerp, which has always borne tbe reputation of being a cheap port The coroner's jury which enquired into the cause of the Forest Gate calamity have brought in a verdict exonerating the offic.als from all blame The cause of the fire is ascribed to tbe imperfect sweeping of the chimney The London Chronicle applauds the idea of a New Zealand Exhibition in London as sketched by M. Joubert. Nr.w Yoek, January 21. The apparatus for the execution of criminals by electricity has been tested lu Ghutou Gaol, and a bullock, with which the experiment was made, was killed instantaneously. Melbourne, January 21 The Age asserts that there is a friction between the Premier and Lord

ll.ipetonn in eonseq-ience of '.he action of:'>o i iuv«rnm*’it in cUlinc down the • Oituate* for Government House. The amount set down on this roar * estimate* is U->* by £1(100 than «i< provided fur tb« J ' three Governors. Sio.sicr. January 22. Id Ui« ease against ilia owners of the Centennial ilia Commissioner* ruled that the bill of lading exempted the owner of the vessel from liability for the corgi lost by the sinkiug of tliat vessel. Leave to appeal was granted. Zsmzibas. January 21 F.ui 1.1 Hey is in a critical condition, an 1 symptoms of lusanity have appeared. Cuao, January 21. Stanley has been entertained at a gran 1 banquet g.veu in Ins honour by hir lively n I taring, Bntiiih Consul General. Amongst the guests on the occasion were the Riirht lion. J. Cliaiunarlaiii. and Mr Jessie Colling*, who ara touring in Kgvpt. lassos January 21. In consequence of the tpi'ii of d -affection reported to be existing in official circles at Qnilamane, the Governor of Mozambique has been recallcl.