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ARRIVAL OF TH E T AN FRANCISCO MAIL.

• * 1 (By Tblbqeaph.) , (Per R.M.S. Zealandia at Aubkland.) AUCKLAND, Apbil 28. Tho Zealandia arrived this morning from < San Francisco and Honolulu, bringing Eng- ' lish mails to March 23rd, and American mails to April 7th. J GENERAL SUMMARY. , A public dobate haa been arranged for May between Mr Henry George and Mr * Samuel Smith, the Gladabonian member of Parliament for,Flintshi-e. - The Baltic Lumber Yard, near Buckingham Palace, was burned down on March 28th. ' The losr was £90,000. c An expresa train from Bouthport to London, . on March 30th, loadod with persona on their woy to witness the Oxford and Cambridge 1 boat race, was derailed at Peniston ond c wrecked. One person tfos killed ond four / were seriously injured. There waa o heated debate in the House of l Commons on March 22nd, on the motion to £ reduce Mr Balfour's salary by £500. It wo3 . loat by 117. Mr Morley produced a mass of j* detaila to prove that the Government asaisted ' The Times through Hooaton and Pigott. Mr Balfour aaid that it was an unfounded libel, ond asked how witnesses had been intimidated. He was called to order by tho chair. Mr T Psrhell then taunted the Pornellites for S allowing Pigott to escape. Tho Psmellites 5 retorted thot they hod Pigott's diary. . The intention of giving a Liberal banquet ■* to Mr Parnell, with Mr Gladstone in the 1 chair, was abandoned owing to the inability to obtain a building in London spacious enough to hold tbe expected assemblage. The great Eiffel Tower woa oponed in Paria 1 on March 30th. Mr Stead editor of the Pall iiall Gazette, had a narrow escape from death. He woa inspecting the tower in company with M. Clemanceau, when a ( sudden storm of wind and hail came up. 1 Mr Stead woa only thirty yorda from the top , of the tower, when be fell over Borne loose plonks and lurched forward, narrowly escaping a fall of 800 feet to the ground. By a clinging desperately to Borne projecting iron- , work till M. Clemenceau and some workmen come to his assistance. £ All the reputable pape r firms in London a deny the report thot a syndicate of paper < manufacturers in England, representing £20,000,000, has been formed to raise tho ' price of paper. i The Postmaster-General announced in tbe House of Commons on March 21at that Government intended to loy a aubmsrine f cable between Bermuda and Halifax. 1 England has demanded of Morcco £50,000 indemnity for the massacre ond pillage of the Mackenzie Factory at Fort July. In a speech at Paria on March 2otb, ] General Boulanger utterly repudiated the ] idea of 0 dictatorship. He hod no idea to , pose as a monarch. In on interview with tbe Due d'Aumalo on the some doy he said that he did not aspire to the Crown of France, , but intended lo live as an honourable citizen. He freely confessed at the some time that he thought Monarchy was beit for France, In his opening address for the defence before the Parnell Commieeion Sir Charlea Russell said that the Court wos asked by the Attorney-General to indict a whole nation, but the act wos not feasible. He osßertod that thoughtful < minds were convinced that the time had come j to try tho experiment of Home Rule in Ire- j land. He contended that the objects of the Irish National League were justified. The issue before the Commiaaion depended upon proof that Mr Parnell and hia colleagues, under the clook of the land movement, plonned murders ond outroges. If no such evidence was produced tbe Commission must declare the accused to be men earnestly endeavouring to lift on intolerable burden from the ahouldors of their countrymen. Sir Charles explained the 1 constitution and objects of the league formed by Mr Davitt, of which Mr Parnell was , president. They wore intended to gui.de farmera in distress. He »sid that prominent members of the league wero in favour of boycotting, which up to 0 certain point they considered jußtiflable. Sir Charlea Ruasoll held thot Mr Parnell was not liable criminally or otherwise unless he was a party to murder and outrage bs part of tho agreed objects of tbe league. Mr Porn ell ond his followers had bean vilified and misrepresented, os Bright and Cobden wero in the early days of the reform movement. A movement has been mado in influential quarters in tho United States to abolish electorate colleges, and to elect the President by direct popular vote. Edwin Bootb, tho tragedian, was stricken with parolysia on the stage of tho Lyceum Theatre, at Rochciter, New York, on the night of April 3rd, while playing Othello, in tho second scene of the second act. It is thp opinion of his phyiicians that he will never play again.

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Timaru Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 4526, 29 April 1889, Page 3

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ARRIVAL OF THE TAN FRANCISCO MAIL. Timaru Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 4526, 29 April 1889, Page 3

ARRIVAL OF THE TAN FRANCISCO MAIL. Timaru Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 4526, 29 April 1889, Page 3