, 1912-02-28

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Australia one hundred and thirty three for
five, Minnett a duck.
A Copenhagen telegram reports that King
Frederick's condition continues unaltered,
His daughter in law Princess AleXandrlna
was summoned and has arrived.
The Marking Assembly sent an armed es.
cort for Yuan Shi Kai to Marking for his
Inauguration.
During a taxi-cab strike in Paris several
bombs were exploded, overturning many
cabs and causing much disorder. The strike
has caused much discomfort and there is
general indignation at the deadlock since
November.
Upon the reassembIing of the Italian
Chamber Of Deputies, the Speaker made a
glowing tribute to the soldiers in Tripoli,
When the enthusiasm was at its highest
the premier presented a royal decree, and the
Chamber appointed a committee of twenty
one to draft a law embodying the decree, to
be passed forthwith. In the Senate the pro-
ceedings were similar, all joining in singing
the national hymn. Oldest members say the
enthusiasm is comparable only to the feeling
during the war of independence.
A mass meeting OF five thousand at st.
Petersburg opened the Nationalists' cam
paign for the fourth Douma. The proceed
ings were highly chauvinistic, the United
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and bullying the Latin-American republics,
which disqualified her for reproducing Rus
STA for her treatment of the Jews, therefore
Russia should not negotiate a substitute for
the treaty the United States denounced.
American Jews should not be admitted to
Russia, and the tariff upon American imports
should be doubled.
Ottawa, Feb. 24,h-The election at South
Renfrew, Ontario, the first bye since the
change of Government, has resulted IN the
return of Mr.. Graham, exMinister Of Railways
and Canals, by a ma jority OF five hundred.
New York, Feb. 24th-The Boy Scouts
are entertaining forty Australians, who have
arrived here on a world tour.
london, Feb, 26jh-On Friday Mr.. AS
quith had an audience with the klng to eX-
plain the coal situation, also another confer
ence with the owners seeking some conces
sion wherewith to bargain fora postponement
Of the strike, in order to promote further ne
gotiations, and on Saturday the Lord Mayor
Of London summoned a conference OF pro-
vincial Mayors to-nrge upon both sides re-
~cognition of the claims of the community
for peace. The Miners Federation has annOuc-
ed its ultimatum, n minimum wage or war,
nevertheless the prices Of coal are not rIslnS,
indicating a hope that the lrreconcllHbles
may be outvoted tomorrow, or confinement
of hostiIities to Wales, where both sides pre-
fer a fight to a finish.
Reynolds newspaper reports the owners
will grant a general increase Of ten per cent
with an inquiry regarding abnorm"lly diff
cult workings. The situation is rendered
more difficult through the dissatisfaction of
the Trade Unionists with Mr.. Ramsay Mae
donold and parliamentarism, in the belief
that a universal strike would reyolutlonize
industrial conditions; the Government is
therefore compelled to deal with socialists
like Hartshorn, the leader of the coal strikers,
who contend that syndicalism can place la
bour above capital and resources Of the con
citation act, and labourite coalition beng
exhausted nothing remains beyond the
conferences to- morrow.
The King and Queen and Queen Alexan-
0ra met the cruiser Powerful, bearing the
Princess Royal aud the remains OF the late
Duke of Fife, on her arrival at Portsmouth,
aud accompanied her Royal Hi9hness and
the body to Windsor, where services were
held in the Chapel Royal before removal TO
Scotland.
At Altcar, Tidetime defeated Adversary
for the Waterloo cup,the Dogs Derby.
There was no play to-day at Sydney Tor
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