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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXIII, Issue 11595, 21 March 1890, Page 2

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* LIVERPOOL DOCKERS' STRIKE. THOUSANDS OUT OF. WORK. GAS SUPPLY LIKELY TO FAIL. \ ' BISMARCK'S RESIGNATION. [Special to Pbess Association.] 1 London, March 18 ' A strike in tho boot trade has been averted by tho masters accepting the men's terms. Ponding a sottlemont, tho Liverpool Dockers have repudiated tho agreement to work for tho employors who conceded • the terms demanded. The basis of set- . tloment is being discussed by tho strikers. Thousands of operatives in Lancashire ■ and Yorkshire have boon thrown out of <■ work by the colliers' strike , i It is feared that tho supply of gas in '■ , tho districts affectod by tho striko will i fail shortly. Lord Salisbm-y discredits the statement . th.it Consul Buchanan has hoisted the >', British ensign in tho Shiro district. Ho i thinks it probable tho flag has merely '< been hoisted on some vessel in the river. > Lord Salisbury doclinod to propose a < vote for tho.reliof of the starving inhab- ■ itnnts of tho Soudan. i Tho Duke of Conuaiight s speech was > received with great enthusiasm. , The Berlin correspondent of the Daily i News reports that the Emperor has acl cepted Prince Bismarck's resignation, but i will not allow Count Herbet Bismarck to I retire. Beulin, March 18. It is re-asserted that Princo Bismarck has resigned. I It is understood that Russia repudiates i tho payment of the Bulgarian idoninity ■ on condition it is accompanied by — re- . j cognition of tho legality of Prince Fer- ■ dinand's election. i Buda Pestii, March 18. Count Szapnry, successor of Herr Tisza, i ; has refused to introduce the Kossuth 1 Bill. • Durban, March 18. Tho Portuguese officials protested 1 against tho hoisting of the British flag j in tho Shiro, but did not forcibly oppose 1 it. Washington, March 18. Tho sentence of 12 months' imprisonment on J. L. Sullivan for fighting Kilrainhns been quashed by the Court of . Appeal.