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• A strike of an unprecedented oharaoter has occurred in Bulgaria, the clergy of tho orthodox ohurch having closed the places of worship throughout the principality. The cause of the strike is the non-payment of stipends. In 1883 the National Parliament enacted that tho clergy should be paid by the State, subject to a church rate; but to people resented the levying of the rate so energetically that it has nevor been colieoted, Ah endeavonr was made to vote the necessary- amount from tho Treasury; but Parliainpnt declined to:sanction the ox- , penditure, and consequently -the clergy determined to cease performing their duties,

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Thames Advertiser, Volume XVI, Issue 5178, 27 May 1885, Page 3

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Untitled Thames Advertiser, Volume XVI, Issue 5178, 27 May 1885, Page 3

Untitled Thames Advertiser, Volume XVI, Issue 5178, 27 May 1885, Page 3