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Loxdox, April IS. A ghastly-discovery has been made by the police, no less than six bodies of young children having been found in the river Thames. It is suspected that baby farming with all its attendant horrors has been conducted ou an unusually large scale. A wcman who was arrested for complicity in the affair has attempted to commit suicide. More troops have been despatched from the Capo of Good llopo in order to quell the Matahelo rising. A reinforcement of five thousand men is also proceeding to the Soudan. The Irish Land Bill has been introduced in the House of Common.-. The right of purchase by the occup.) • ing tenant will be the chief principle of the measure. The recent duel which took place between SI. Eatze and Baron Schrader has resulted in the death of the latter. The quarrel arose out of the Baraudy press scandals.
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Hot Lakes Chronicle, Volume 4, Issue 176, 15 April 1896, Page 2
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149TELEGRAPHIC. Hot Lakes Chronicle, Volume 4, Issue 176, 15 April 1896, Page 2
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