DISENDOWMENT OF CHUTCH OF ENGLAND.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XL, Issue 9208, 9 October 1891, Page 2

DISENDOWMENT OF CHUTCH OF ENGLAND.

London, October 6. Dr. Moorhouse, preaching at the Church Congress at Ryde, declared that the proposal to disendow .the Church of England and Wales meant piecemeal disendowment of the Church of England. Ho asserted that the voluntary system in Australia was unable to prevent the growing neglect, though the working man was comparatively rich. FORTEBOUE ON A LITERARY RAMPAGE. Tho Hon. J. W. Fortescue, in a letter to one of the London papers, accuses the Victorian Government of showing a sham surplus. He cites the refusal of South Australia to contribute to the cost of the New Guinea Protectorate, and the New Plymouth Harbour Board's default, as instances of broken obligations, and cheating creditors. STRIKE IN LONDON. The block is effective. To-morrow, overtures for the settlement of the disp ute will be made to the employers, or to confine the quarrel to its present area. The Labour Federation has instructed the Unions to boycott the goods from the Carron and Hermitage wharves wherever found. I FIRE IN LONDON. A largo quantity of gum, bark, cotton, and tallow were burned in Tooley-street fire. It began at Leach & Oo.'s warehouse, which, along with five others, was gutted. UNITED STATES DEMAND : COMPENSAION FROM SPAIN. Washington, October 5. President Harrison demands an indemnity from Spain for outrages on the American missionaries in the Caroline Islands. BDILER EXPLOSION ON BOARD A STEAMER. The boiler of a steam tug exploded at Chicago, killing 8 persons and injuring many others.