HOME AND FOREIGN.
Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright AN ANTI-ENGLISH COALITION. London, December 26. Sir Chas. Dilke thinks it quite possible a hostile coalition may be formed iv Europe against England, and coneiders the position of affairs in Siam requires serious consideration on the pare of Great Britain. RESCUE OF A CREW. : The New Zealand barque Hurunui rescued the crew of the Bess Waters as that vessel was sinking off the Eddys tone. FIRE OX A SHIP. December 27. A fire broke out amongst the cargo of tobacco on the Seneca, and all efforts to extinguish the flames failing the vessel was scuttled. STARVING RUSSIAN ACTORS. Paris, December 26. A public subscription haa been raised in Paris to assist a large company of Russian actors, whose season | at the local Theatre bad been an un-1 profitable one. The members of the Company were on the verge p£ starvation when tbe relief fund was opened. ■ EXPULSION OF STUDENTS, CoNSTAHTisbiPLB, December 26. | Tbe Sultan has expelled some hundred Mahometan students from. tie city owing to their action in in-; citing the issue of placards against the ■ doctors in the city. ITALY AND THE DERVISHES. « Rome, December 26. In consequence of the severe fighting which has taken place recently between the Italian troops and the Dervishes, the Government are sending two more regiments to Massowab, and. also shipping a large quautity of munitions of war. < THE KABYLE TRIBES. Moroccu, December 26. The Kabyle tribes iv the vicinity of Melilla have agreed to pay the Moon £140,000 as indemnity foe the recent insurrection, in which they declared their intention of dethroning the Sultan. MURDER OF AN INFORMER Vienna, December 26. Two Czechs have confessed to murdering the man Rudolph Oroa at Prague. They stated that they took the man's life because they learnt through a speech in the Bsiohstrath that he was iv the pay of the police. SOCIALIST RIOT. Amsterdam, December 27. A Socialist riot of a serious nature occurred here yesterday. The police dispersed the mob with sabres, several of the former being wounded.
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Press, Volume L, Issue 8676, 28 December 1893, Page 5
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