SOCIALIST MEETING.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XL, Issue 9254, 2 December 1891, Page 2

SOCIALIST MEETING.

London, December 1. A meeting of Socialists at Chelsea on Sunday was dispersed by the police, and •*» •' four Socialists were' arrested. They were brought before the Police Magistrate on Monday, and committed for :v- trial on charges of riotous conduct and obstructing the police in the execution of their duty. JNFLUENZA . Influenza of an alarming type is raging in Belfast, and the disease is also very prevalent in Glasgow. PLAYING WITH A BOMB. Some boys exploded a stray bomb on the beach nt Southampton, one of the number being killed nnd the rest r > badly injured. AUSTRALIAN FEDERATION. Mr Mathers, an Adelaide resident, states that at an interview with Mr Gladstone at Hawarden, the' latter expressed a fear that if the present spirit continued Australian Federation wonld simply.be a prelude to separation. He hoped every effort would be made to _ maintain the unity of the Empire. ': MIGRATION FROM COUNTRY TO 'JOWNS. -- • Mr Balfonr, speaking at Hnddersfield, said the Government would introduce a bill to increaso the number of small holdings, in order to mitigate the migration of the country populace r into the towns. „ , RUbSELL DIVORCE CASE. : \. The divorce suit brought by the * Countess of Russell against her husband '-«is proceeding. Cruelty is alleged as One {• of the gYodnds. • ■ ;;.. SILVER STANDARD OF MONEY. j,'. The Conncil of the Textile Workers' ' „Union has issued a circular urging that it is imperative on the industrial classes to insist on Parliament ensuring a silver standard of money througl out the Empire for the purposes of international - commafce. MONTE CARLO. Pabis, December 1. The bank at Monte Carlo is winning a wonderful amount of money, there ■ having been a great increase in gambling since Wells broke the bank. BOKGHESE LIBRARY NOT SOLD. Rome, December 1.. The Borghesu Library was offered to-i-.,clay, but was not sold, the best bid being that of a Roman bookseller for fifty-five „ thousand francs. . i COST OF RUSSIAN FAMINE. St. Petebsburg, December 1. > Professor Isaieff computes that the famine will cost forty-five millions. The Government proposes to spend nine millions on the relief.