HOME AND FOREIGN.
Press Association.— Telegraph.—Copytight. THE BELGIAN WORKING CLASSES.
Brussels, January 18. •The Belgian Government has ordered out the militia, in view of the agitation among the working classes over the re-division and extension of the franchise. THE UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE. London, January 18. The boat race between the Oxford and Cambridge Universities will be rowed on March 21. FREE SILVER COINAGE. London, January 18. _ The Statist is of opinion that a free silver coinage will be injurious to trade relations. SUICIDE OF A TURKISH AMBASSADOR. London, January 19. The Turkish Minister who attempted suicide by inhaling gas and strangling himself at Vienna (not Washington, as stated yesterday), died to-day. THE CHICAGO EXHIBITION. Washington, January 18. The Chicago Exhibition will be opened on May 1, 1893. 1 FRENCH TAX ON SUGAR. Paris, January 18. The budget committee propose a surtax of seven francs on foreign and colonial sugar. GERMAN SUGAR BOUNTIES. London, January 18. The Standard says it is expected that Germany will shortly abolish the sugar bounties, and that Austria will follow her example. SHIPPING. Rio de Janeiro, January 16. R.M.s. Ruapehu arrived to-day • all well. London, January 17. The Duke of Buckingham, s.s., hat arrived in the Channel, all well. She made an excellent passage of 48 days rom Lyttelton.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8468, 20 January 1891, Page 5
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