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North Otago Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 9411, 8 March 1899, Page 2

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Roooivod March 7. at 9 3) a in. Paius, Ma-oh 6, Fonr sentries woro wounded at the Ligouban explosion. London, M^rch 0 Elaborate arrangomon a aro being mide to secure tho safety of tho Q io<m on the occasion of her approaching vieit to Nice. with a view to gurdlny agnitisb tho possibility of au nttuok einuUr to that on tho Empress of Au«t»H. Calcutta, March 6. Tvro Brahmins «♦> Poonih, inm'id Ohapekar ond Rtnad», huvi! boen «ontonoud to doaih for being oncornod in tho mardor of the two broth *is Dravid, who gavo ovidonco against Ghapokir at his fcri>l for thn murdor of tho tvro English plague ofl'iolita at Poon-th,

lloooiveu Muroli 7 afc 7,50 p.m, WASHINGTON, Mbrcil 6. President M'Kinley and many IojkIuip men attended tho funoni sorvice of Lord Horsohell at Sb, Pml's Ifyiftcopal Ohurch. Nkw York, Marcli 0. Mr UudyarJ Kipling'd tvro daughters havo boon n'taoketi by pneumonia, und Joaophino, tin o'doat ono, aacoumbud. Honu Kong. March 6. Italian marinos Ihvo landed At; Saurmira Bay. Zanzibar, March 6. Majof Maodonald'a oxplor-»tion of the British sphere southward from Abysalnu ii incomploto. lie eucceodod in reaching bho U'itudo of Lido. His rotarn is due fco lnck of food. A garrison has boon ostabliahed botweon L^ko Rudolf and the Nile,

Roooivod March 8, at 12.30 a.m. London, March 6. Tho Times statos thab tho American Oonijroas killed many flagrant job?, Including tho NioragtMn Canal and others which spooalai-ora subsidise. This rosulfc waa chiefly owing to tho firmness of Thomas Rood, Spoaker of tho Houio of Representatives. Tho Timos regards him as tho strongest Speakor im American history. The limes urges that tho dillioulty with Raasia concerning tho Nouohwang railway loan should bo Bottled diplomatically ab St, Potoraburg. It sa/3 the Russian attltudo In St. Petersburg and London (loos nob indicate Rattan polioy in tho V*t Ei8i\ Tho loan wai offectod openly in accordance with Bri ish treaty rights. Mr Chatnborlain'a ropoated roprosenta'ions to Pranoo with rospooc to tho Now Hebrides havo boon without result. Greab Britain would glad y supporo an infcartmtlonal arrangement prohibiting the sftlo of liquor and Oroarmfl to tho nutivo) ; but tho difficulties hiohorto Inve beou found insuperable. It is nob intended to remove tho restrictions already imposed on British tradore. A R'jutor mossngo says tho Italian Minister considoro ibo Tsung Li Y«nu>n discourterus, and declinoH further direct communication with ifca mombors Pkkin, Warch 7. Tho Tsnng L\ Yimou's reply to It>'y in contemptiioas and minatory. Franco advised tho rejection of tho clainu

Baoeivod Murch 8, ub 12.3 > a.m. London, M«roh 7. Tho Qioon Bturts for Boulogne on Thursday. Great Brit .in, Amorici, and Germany decline further nogochtioua with the Shanghai Taotai relative to tho extension of foreign settlements, and request tho Vicoroy to appoint a deputy to urraugo tho matter, Lord Hanbury Ins explained Uut tho Govornmont proposes to oatablish p^st, oflico tolophonca, commencing at London at an outlay of two millions, the annual subscription to be L3, with tho imposition of a bhwU toll. This is tho outcomo of tho recent agitation in London againsb tho prosonfc system, which ia in the hands of pclvato enterprise.