HOME AND FOREIGN.
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~,. Tr LONDON, May 9. fcir 11. Loch succeeds Sir Hercules Robinson as a director of tho London and Westminster Bank. STOCKHOLM, May 9; lhc Government of Sweden and Norway have decided to purchase the principal private railways.
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LONDON, May 9. The Eight Hon. Sir Arthur Hayter, M.P. for Walsall, has been mentioned as successor to the late Sir Robert Duff, but he denies that there is any truth in the report. The Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, son of Sir Robert Peel, and brother of the late Speaker of the House of Commons, died suddenly fVota hemorrhage of the brain. . The London creditors of the City of Melbourne Bank have formed a committee to protect their interests.
Victorian wheat, new crop, is quoted at 23s 3d.
Howard's accomplices drew £3,200 from the Continental banks in "a few days, by means of forged notes upon Coutts's Bank, London. The facts discovered by tho police go to show that the forgers were preparing an immense coup. VIENNA, May 9. The town of Kubin, in Hungary, has been destroyed by lire.
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Evening Star, Issue 9702, 10 May 1895, Page 2
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191HOME AND FOREIGN. Evening Star, Issue 9702, 10 May 1895, Page 2
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