Foreign and imperial news notes from London and beyond
Foreign wheat prices and wool markets hold steady in Australia while treasures, cables, and colonial securities shift. Royal visits, Trevelyan's resignation, Gladstone’s stance, and Parliament opening frame a sweep of Europe and America with calls for peace, education reform, and Ireland issues.
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Turkey
Greece
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London
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Indian Council
Pangina Mail Company
Activita Vecchia
Ara
Amunis Ton
Fuad Pacha
Cabinet resumes after holidays with economy drive across state
Government signals strict departmental cuts as ministers face re election. Home Secretary Bruce elected for Renfrewshire. Hartington likely for Radnorshire. Manchester Liberals vote split amid Jones death. Court trials loom for Overend Gurney and Merchants Company directors. election expense scrutiny rises. New Zealand massacre critique. France shows electoral activity. Doncaster boosts races. Palestine Temple discovery reported. emigration debate grows. Ottawa grants land to settlers.
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Renfrewshire
Speirs
Marquis of Hartington
Radnorshire
Greet Price
Manchester Liberals
Gibson
Ste Ernest Jones
Jones
Mackonochie
Dr. Forbes
St. Andrew's
Scotland
Overend, Gurney & Co
Merchants’ Company
New Zealand
Dew
Hartog
Cambridge
Co-operative
Manafield
Pacific
France
Corporation of Doncaster
Vaughan
Palestine Exploration Committee
London
Presa
Eyre
Phillips
Government of Canada
Liberal Test Ballot Demonstrates Feasibility in Manchester
An 1880s reformist experiment tests the Australian voting method among 18 500 Liberals. Ernest Jones leads with 7 286 votes to Gibson's 4 133 in a secrecy assured, orderly trial, showing potential for parliamentary support and a strong working class push.
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Adolini Patti
St. Petersburgh
Bootery
London
M.P
Rendo
Manchester
Ernest Jones
Gibson
Liberal Party
United
Liberal
Gibnon
Great Ag
Copper trade rises as smelters announce advances
The copper market climbs from late December as Smelters' Association restores fixed tariffs and a speculative rebound appears. By mid January Australian sales reach £85 with ore at 15s per unit and a 400 ton sale noted as the largest. Prices rise to £86 10s cash and £87 10s credit before a February plateau and tentative softening hinted.
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New York
Lave
Albino Orator Captures Attention in Parliamentary Debate
A pale speaker with white hair and brows, likened to Saul, staggers through a long address. Despite nervousness and halting delivery, his incisive thought, classical lore, and bold logic earn admiration from supporters and critics alike as the House savors the intellectual performance.
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Saul
Kish
al Apis
Calcraft
Intercolonial News from Glenorchy on Wimmera Bush Life
The Glenorchy correspondent reports on bush life and harvest work in the Wimmera area. Farmers and laborers lament temporary jobs, wage claims, and shifting conditions, while town dwellers debate wages and permanency. A comic dental anecdote ends with a rake gag and a fee demand.
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Ararat
Tse
Wimmera
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