BRITISH AND FOREIGN
United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph | Copyright. RUSSIA AND ABYSSINIA. ROME, August 13. A despatch has been received from St Petersburg denying the cession of Eaheifca Bay to Russia by King Menelik. . A SETTLEMENT. CALCUTTA, August 12. The trouble between the Bajauris and the Nawab of Dir is being settled. CORRUPTION. CALCUTTA, August 13, Guardial Singh has been found guilty of corruption ans dismissed from the Indian Civil Service. ENCROACHMENT OE THE SEA. LONDON, August 12. An encroachment of the sea threatens Deal with submersion, and prompt efforts are to be taken to protect the town. THE AMERICA CUP. Sir T. J. Lipton, it was recently reported, was building a yacht to compete for the America Cup. The New York Yacht Club has now accepted Sir Thomas Lipton’s challenge, through the Ulster Yacht Club, to compete for the cup. THE JAPANESE BUDGET. YOKOHAMA, August 12. The Japanese Estimates show a deficit of fifty million yen for the next fiscal year. THE RUSSIAN NAYY. ST PETERSBURG, August 12. Russia is arming her warships with dynamite guns, THE EEENCH IN WEST AFRICA. PARIS, August 12. France is undertaking a strong expedition to the Samon or Wasula Kingdom, a French protectorate on the Upper Niger.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume C, Issue 11658, 15 August 1898, Page 5
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