MASS MEETING OF PUBLICANS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 9651, 18 March 1893, Page 2

MASS MEETING OF PUBLICANS.

London, March 17. A mass meeting of 20,000 publicans has passed resolutions protesting against the Local Control Bill. Lord Burton denounced it as the harshest form of tyranny, and an attempt to pander to the votes of hypocrites and Dissenters. The measure, if passed, would ruin the trade. He denied that the working classes desired any such bill. BARING BROS' ESTATE. The debt in Baring Bros.' estate to the Bank of England has been reduced by £4,500,000. The assets show a surplus of £450,000. TROUBLE IN EGYPT. There is an indication of fresh trouble •rising in Egypt. CHRISTIANS MASSACRED. Constantinople, March 17. The Moslems are rising in Armenia and murdering Christians. At C«3area three.churches were gutted. FIGHT AT FORT CHILAS. Calcutta, March 17. Major Daniell was the British officer killed at Port Chilas, near Gilgit. RAILWAY TO LAKE WINNIPEG. Washington, March 17. American capitaliists are investing two millions in a railway from Lake Winnipeg to Lake Superior. RICH GOLD IN ECUADOR. A party of Australian miners is exploiting ajrich gold discovery in Ecuador. MORAYSHIRE WRECKED. - The ship Morayshire, from Java to Vancouver, has been wrecked, with the loss of all hands. MANAWATU RAILWAY DEBENTURES. The Wellington and Manawatu railway debentures have fallen £i. ENGLISH FISII FOR" NEW ZEALAND. The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Kaikoura will take to Wellington « sample consignment of English fresh fish preserved by tho new process. A further consignment will follow to ether New Zealand ports.