A DISASTROUS FIRE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 10104, 11 October 1917, Page 5

A DISASTROUS FIRE.

HUNDREDS OF SOLDIERS INCINERATED. Australian-New Zealand Cable Association PETROGRAD, Oct. 9. A tireless message states: A fire destroyed the Ganaieff ■Theatre, where, soldiers were billeted. There were hundreds of \icl tim.s. RUSSIA'S NEW CABINET. CONFERRING WITH THE ALLIES. Australian-New Zealand Cable Association (Router's Telegram.) Received October 11, 11.35 a.m. PETROGRAD. Oct. 10. The formation of the new Cabinet has entailed the dissolution of the Council of five created to deal with the KornilofT trouble. Kerensky. Vorhovsky, Verdenevsky and Terestchenko have s°ne to headquarters to confer with the Allied attaches, and a special mission is going to Paris to attend an inter-Allied conference. SOCIALISTS RESOLVE TO CONTINUE THE WAR. Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. Received October 11. 11.35 a.m. PARIS, Oct.. 10. The four days' conference of the Socialist party, held at Bordeaux, concluded, by overwhelmingly adopting a motion in favour of assisting in the conduct of the war, and voting the Government's war credits. ARRAIGNED FOR TREASON. Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. PARIS, Oct, 9. Madame Turmel, wife of Deputy Tunnel, who has been arraigned for treasonable cor. respondenco with the Germans, has been arrested. Received October 11. 10.35 a.m. PARIS, Oct, 10. Madame Tunnel is suspected of changing the Swiss notes which her husband brought from Switzerland. During: the examination the bank officials identified her. She hotly denied the charge but her arrest was ordered. DEATH OF SULTAN OF TURKEY. FIRST RULER UNDER THE NEW PROTECTORATE. Received October 10, 7.20 p.m. LONDON, Oct. 9. Tho death is announced of Hussein Kamil Pasha, G.C.8., Sultan of Egypt. Received October 11, 11.35 a.m. LONDON, Oct. 10. Prince Ahmed Fuad, brother of the late Sultan, now ascends the throne of Egypt.