Some 5000 famine-stricken people rose in riot at Sholaghu", in the province of Bengal, and looted a grain store. The police fired on the mob, killing four men, and wounding six. —They asked for bread and received a bullet. 8 _ vat General Gallieni, the new French Administrator in Madagascar, has abolished slavery in the island, and has reduced the Queen to subjeotion. He is largely in favour of Roman Catholicism, and the kngliah and Norwegian mission schools are likely to be closed. _ ~ „, Mr Speight, formerly Railway Commissioner in Victoria, who has been seriously ill at Perth (W.A..) from inflammation ot the lungs, is recovering.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1289, 12 November 1896, Page 18
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