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Press Association.Electric Telegraph.—Copyright EMIGRATION FROM RUSSIA. St. Petersburg, November 16. . German settlers in the Volga districts are emigrating to America and South Africa. RAIN-MAKING EXPERIMENTS. Calcutta, November 16. Rain-making experiments have been made in Madras with a certain amount of success. Dynamite was exploded on a hill 1000 feet above the plains, and produced showers over a radius of five miles. It was hoped the explosion would arrest the clouds passiug seawards. . • THE MELBOURNE SEWAGE . LOAN. London", November 15. The London bankers advise that there is little chance of floating the Melbourne sewage loan early in the year, since it will conflict with the Government loan. They recommend the Board to postpone it for, a year, and rely iu the meantime on local resources. MRS. BESANT. London, November 16. Mrs. Besant is sailing for America. PRINCE GEORGE OF WALES. London, November 16. • Prince George of Wales is suffering from a mild form of enteric fever.
A TURKISH LOAN. Constantinople, November 15. Turkey is about to issue a loan ot five millions, chiefly for the purchase of cruisers. THE NEW ORLEANS LYNCHING. Washington, November 14. . The United States Government recognise that it is responsible for the breach of the law which was committed when the Sicilian murderers were lynched in New Orleans, and is agreeable to an indemnity being paid. NAVAL COURT MARTIAL. - London, November 14. The Admiralty has ordered a court martial upon the Plucky, which re-' cently met with a mishap on the English coast. AMERICA AND CHILI. Washington, November 14. Negotiations are being carried on in a friendly spirit with Chili for a settlement of the dispute about the attaok on American sailors. TERMINABLE DEBENTURES. London, November 14. The Economist condemns the policy of colonial companies in issuing terminable debentures. ■"- .
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8726, 17 November 1891, Page 5
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