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LONDON DOCKERS' EXPENSES. THE SURPLUS FUNDS. ' THE GREAT FIRE AT BOSTON. • ONE MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OP PROPERTY DESTROYED.. THE LONDON MARKET?!. MURDER OF A TOURIST.; COMMUTATION OF THE SENTENCE. THE. STRIKE AT BRISTOL. THE CRO'nIN. MURDER CASE. [Special to Pbess Association.] .• London, November 29. ! The expenses of tho recent (lockers' strike amounted t0,i>4500, £200 of which' is not accounted for in detail. A balancei sheet will probably be issued on Tuesday. ' ./•;•. : The motion tabled by Mr Bums at the meeting of the strike Executive,' that the balance in the hands •of the Dockers' Union should be applied to the purpose of maintaining theirposition and reliev-f ing distress, haß been carried. It is as: sorted that Cardinal Manning approved the motion. Mr Bradlaiigh has left England on a soa voyage for the benefit of his health. December 1. J. W. Lawrio, who was sentenced to death for the murder of a tourist named Rose, at Goatfell, Island of Arran, some months back, and subsequently reprieved, has been sentenced to penal servitude for life. ,The Mayor of Bristol has agreed to neb, as arbitrator, in the strike among the local' idock men. . ' , ; . . j r New Yoek, November 29. ; By a large fire at Boston 1,000,000 dol-. lars worth •of property has been do-! stroyed. . , - y ' Chicago, November 30. ' ; In summing up to the jury hearing tho case against thoso charged with the' murder of Dr Cronin, his Honor denounced the Clan-na-Gael for inducing the police to suppress information" respecting th^ discovery of Cronin's knives by Detective Coughlin. Tho New Zealand Loan and Mercantile 1 Agency Company (Limited) have received the following cable mossage from their London office, dated 29th November:— "Wool. — Competition is increasing; market firmer, ' Up to date '27,000 bales have been sold. New Zealand hemp. — Tho market has fallen from \£l to £2 por ton, according to quality. Medium is worth ,£2SlOs. Tallow.— Market firm. Frozen meats. — Mutton market steady.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXII, Issue 11551, 3 December 1889, Page 2
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