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South Canterbury Times, Issue 8131, 15 January 1895, Page 3

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THIS!) AY. Per Electric Telegraph—Copyright. Per Press Association. THE ATLANTIC SERVICE. Ottawa, January 14. Sir M. Bowell, in the course of an interview, said the Dominion Government would aid the formation of Huddart’s Atlantic Steamship Company to the utmost extent of their power. GERMAN POLITICS. Berlin, January 14. The Anti-Revolutionary Bill has been referred to a committee. IRISH AFFAIRS. London, January 14. Mr J. F. O’Brien declares that before the split in the Irish party the Radical Committee with the sanction of Mr Par. nell collected £3500. After Mr Parnell’s death the party declined to take the money, but accepted £2OOO from Lord Tweedmouth when he was a member of the House for the relief of evicted tenants. ASSAULT ON KASSALA. It is rumoured that the Dervishes are besieging 1500 Italians In Kassala and that a sortie by the garrison was repulsed, THE IMPERIAL CABINET. Reports continue to be persistently circulated that Sir W. V. Harcourt intends to resign, the cause being a difference of opinion with his colleagues over the propriety of a loan for an increase in the Navy. ANARCHIST OUTRAGES. Paris, January 14. A biscuit tin filled with gunpowder was placed on the window-sill in the Rue Mouceau near the house of Judge Attahalin, who tried Ravaheal. The porter tiirew the tin into the street where it exploded, doing immense damage to the fronts of the houses along the whole of the street, but fortunately without hurting anyone. CAPTURE OF A REBEL CRUISER. The French have captured a Hoya cruiser.