The Franchise Question.
The Unemployed of Paris. ! * • LONDON, Nov. 24. \ Negotiations between Ministers and the Conservative leaders for the settlement of the franchise difficulty are not yet concluded. Both parties are, however, desirous of ovei-coming the present deadlock between the Upper and Lower Houses, and the conference held on Saturday has resulted in bringing a satisfactory agreement within approachable distance. !
PARIS, Nov. 23. | The increasing discontent, which of late has been manifest among a large number of persons out of employment . in this city, culminated to-day in ! open and prolonged rioting. The j Civil police proved powerless to quell | the disturbance and disperse the! rioters, and it was found necessary to ' call out cavalry to clear the streets, j One hundred persons have since been i arrested. . •
CAIRO, Nov. 23. The transport of British troops detailed for service in the Soudan is ! being pushed forward as rapidly as ! possible, and detachments are daily I arriving at Dongola. A strong force is now encamped in the neighbourhood of the town, pending the final advance towards Berber and Khar- | toura.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5168, 25 November 1884, Page 3
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