HOME AND FOREIGN,,

London, February Qand 10. i Shipowners are now discharging i their own vessels. ° The excitement at Cardiff has not abated, and. troops are being des patched to preserve order. The Shipping Federation is doter vofapA to supply men, and a blockade, of coastal traffic is threatened in con sequence. Professor Stuart Anderson-has sailed for Australia. Sttakim, February 9. The rebels are advancing upon Tokar, It is intended to eres* fortifi cations to secure the town. Berlin, February 10, The German Government is aban doning the'proposed Koch Institute.
AUSTRALIAN

Melbourne, F^mmry 10. Owing to the burning «tf the cloak room at the Spencer street Railway- Station, passengers kave sent in claims; amounting to is4©oo. • ; Government have decided to exhibits at the, Royal Agricultural Show i^ ' England in June. . Brisbane, Febrtaary 10 itockhampton shearers have heldl - meeting, at which i^re passed deprecati^ the i refusal of the pastoralists t^agree to grant an open Conferee, It was asserted that the mt ; j^tion of free sheawrs is cal ; culated to prov^k© a serious breach of • ™]f V&l^ Over a thousand men are, ldle^

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