... SECOND EDITION, BY OUR. SPECIAL WIRE. BELFAST Nmwa-LETTFR OPmICm, e 169, FLEET STnERT, LONDON, E.O. y MONDA.Y MeaRaING, SIX O'CLOCK. THE END 0? THE STRIKE. . The Tinies says the effect of the strike upon the J shipping trade of London will not be seen until the cloud and dust of the battle have cleared away. n At present we have no means of gauging it, but It there is reason to hone that it ...

... THE CHURCH OF IRHLXN% hI KILDARTON SUNDAY-SC1OOL EXAMlNraTIoN AND hb FETr.-The 18th inst. was the day appointed for A the examination of the Sunday school. The B children attending the day short in Drtimbee were also asked to join in the day's pleasure. At eleven o'clock, the hour fixed, a school service was con- tF ducted in the church by the Rev. T. Kingeborough, or incumbent. The ...

... I, (ESTABLISMED ANNO 1737.) 1 _ . The autumn meeting of the Associated Chambers of Commerce opened yesterday morn- ing at Hull-Colonel Hill, M.P., presiding. The delegates present from all parts of the kingdom were officially welcomed by the Mayor and Sheriff of Hull at the Dock Ofices~after which Colonel Hill delivered his address. He congra- tulated the meeting on the revival of trade, our ...

... TUE CUSTOMS REPORT. 0NTERESTING FACTS: 1' FPO1M THE TIMES. a t Tni report of the Commissioners of Customs for t theyearending March 31, 1889, is full of intoe- resting matter. It tells us not only the amountof t Customs revenue for the year, collectively and c inder its several headings, but the main causes to which its fluctuations in detail can be traced, i- and the changes thus indicated in ...

... (EsTiABLlSHED ANINO 1737.) 1BELFA4ST1: FiRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1889. Is TIhe Wing of Portugal is reported to be It By the floods in Japan it is estimated that c fif teen thousand lives have been lost. a re Smokeless powder wvas used at the uoilitary jl nanoeuvres in Westphalia yesterday. f in While on duty at a fire at Bristol, yesterday, d( afireman namned Lear was seriously injured by the ...

... LI-FE IN AMERICA. SrECIAL CARLMIDAM. FROM ?? OWN CORRESPONDENT. NsW YOmc, SUNDAY A,:;nnooN-Notwith- standing the ominous surmises to the contrary, the Canadian Finance Minister is enabled to announce a surplus in the fiscal revenue for the year of a l million and a half dollars. It was thought that, I instead of a surplus, there would be a deficit of a million and a quarter dollars. It is ...

... ULSTER INTELLIGENCE, FROM OtrR COR.RESPoSDRTST.; Tun LATE SHOOTING ACCIDENT NEARE DRtTVOUW;.] -The girl M\illiken, aged about ten years. wvho received very serious injuries a few days ago by the accidental discha~rge of a revolver, is slowvly1 recoevring, and it is nowv expected that she will get better. STRANDING. OF A VFESSEL AT] RATISLIN ISLAND.- Thletugs hlave been successful in towting ...

... (ESTABLISHED ANNO 1737.) BELFAST: THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 19, 1889. Mr. Chamberlain was entertained at a public brealfast at Huddersfield yesterday morning. Replying to the toast of his health, he argrued that, unlike any other political question, the Holme Rple question is of supreme importance. A mistake once made in granting-aseparate. Par- liament for Ireland could never be repaired. If a ...

... istOM OUf OWN CORES1IPON4DENT. POLITICAL TALK. 0 POLITICALLY, the observed of all observers just now are the candidates for the vacant seat in Elgin e and Nairn, where there is every prospect of one of s the keenest fights of the time taking place. For e to start with, the issues before the electors are die- e tinctly marked, Mr. Logan being a good represen- tative of the Constitutional and Mr ...

... ?? Mapperley Selling HandicapMartinet, Gleu Pla; * sq, Fsather Ambroge- Quorll Welter, Scottish Alinstrel e- Ayr-Trial Plate, Sister Nell; Corinthian Ftelter Id Miss Syke3; Nuraery Xandicap, Kells stewart1; nt Plate, Blair Hope: Selling Plate. Little Wenlo:^: be Hullters' Plate, WhateYer, ?? Plabe. liate nd Dalryrnple. be uRotspur in the Dail7/ ,7#,7ra2)A savs- in Leicester-Cresslvell Nursery ...

... PARTRTIDGE SHOOTING. IN the northern district of Perthshire partridges are 'up to the average. Grouse, wild-duck, partridges, snipe, and hares are.giving fair sport to Dr. Maclagan, on Dairnlzian : to Mr. Paterson, on Daluaglar; to Mr Smith. on Finegand; to Mr. De Trafford, on the taniff moors (where capercailzie are numerous); to Mr. Maxwell and party on Bal- youkan ; to the party at ...

... THS New Zealand Government have recently pub lished a report upon the petroleum deposits of the Taranaki district, which apparently have a great future before them. The oil comes to the surface in many places near New Plymouth, besides im- pregnating the surrounding country to such all ex- tent that farmers have hail to abandon many wells, on account of the petroleum gushing into them with the ...