HOME AND FOREIGN.
CABLE NEWS.
Press Association.—By Telegraph.—Copyright, E.S. AND A. BANK. London, January 5. The Scottish depositors of the English, Scottish, and Australian Bank have passed a resolution to the effect that the proposed alteration in the scheme of reconstruction is inadequate for the protection of the creditors, The meeting appointed a Committee to* attend to the scheme. MASSACRE OF CHRISTIANS. It is reported that" the Kurds killed 2000 Christians at Orfah, -with a great massacre at Biredjik. ENGLAND AND SIAM, Great Britain is sending reinforcements to posts on the Mekong river. # MINISTERIAL CRISIS IN CANADA, Ottawa, January 6. Sir Mackenzie Bowell declined a friendly proposal that he should resign office, whereupon seven of the Ministry resigned. Sir Charles Tupper succeeds. THE CUBAN RE-VOLT. New York, January 6. The Cuban insurgents have routed the Spanish troops with heavy loss in the vicinity of Havana, and threaten to follow up their victory by capturing the town. The residents are erecting • fortifications and making hurried preparations to withstand an attack.
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Press, Volume LIII, Issue 9307, 7 January 1896, Page 5
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HOME AND FOREIGN.
Press, Volume LIII, Issue 9307, 7 January 1896, Page 5
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