EUROPEAN TOPICS.
THE FAMINE IN RUSSIA.
BATTLES IN CHINA. [Special to Press Association.] [Received Dec. 29, at 10.35 a.m.] ST PETERSBURG, Dec. 28,
The flour which was recently purchased by the .St Petersburg City Council for distribution in the distressed districts, has been found to be so adulterated that it is unfit for food.
Sixty Nihilists have been arrested in Warsaw.
HONGKONG, Dec. 28.
In battles which took place between Dec. 3 and Dec. 7 the Chinese troops killed 2000 rebels and beheaded fifty rebel leaders.
[Received Dec. 30, at 1.15 a.m.l MADRID, DbcT 29,
A Spanish loan of two hundred and fifty [? million] pisetas has been successfully floated. PARIS,“Dec. 29.
In the Chamber of Deputies to-day, M. Ribot Minister of Foreign Affairs, in referring to the. difficulty with Bulgaria, stated that the French Governmeat would take a determined attitude in the matter.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXVI, Issue 9609, 30 December 1891, Page 5
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