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Thames Advertiser, Volume XXVI, Issue 8087, 1 April 1895, Page 2

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[per tress association] j ARMENIAN ATROCITIES. London, March 29. The Earl of Kimberlcy, ill reply to ;i deputation from those protesting against the .atrocities by the Turkish soldiery in Armenia, said the Imperial Government was irrevocably pledged to undertake a thorough and searching inquiry and he trusted the result of such would be a permanent remedy for the future. He intimated that Franco, Russia and Germany were convinced of the necessity of reform. Such amity was very important, but great caution was requisite in dealing with the question. THE TROUBLE IN INDIA. Calcutta, March 29. The Cliitral force has left Murdron. OBITUARY. London, March 29. Obituary: Baron Alcester. [F. B. Paget Seymour, Ist Lord. Created ISB2, An admiral. Late Commander in Chief of Mediterranean Squadron.] ROYAL OAK MINE FLOATED. London, March 29. The Royal Oak Mining Company of Hauraki, with a capital of. £100,000, is being floated. Half of the shares have been subscribed. FRANCE WANTS A ROW. Paws, March 29. French newspapers referring to the British Foreign Secretary's statements respecting French exploration in Africa, declare them to be empty swagger. The French Minister for the colonies intends replying to the statements in the Chamber of Deputies. THE CUBAN INSURRECTION. Madrid, March 29. News is received that the leaders of the insurrection in Cuba have fled. UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE. London, March 30. The annual boat race between Oxford and Cambridge took place to-day. Oxford jumped away with the lead and kept it to the finish, winning easily by a length and a half. Time, 20min 30sec. This makes their sixth consecutive win. WOOL SALES. London, March 29. At the wool sales there was a good catalogue and Continental buyers were prominent, Series closed firm. Best crossbred were from par to 5 per cent advance compared with the February sales. Medium and inferior merinos 71 to 10 per cent higher. Faulty scoured pieces and locks neglected and prices for them flat. MONETARY CONFERENCE. Melbourne, March 30. The Argus suggosts that if Australia is allowed more than one representative on the Monotary Conference the number should correspond with the relative values of the gold and silver produced in the colonies. This would givo four gold representatives to one silver man. FALSE PRETENCES, ' Melbourne, March 30. . William Rand, the claimant of the Rand estates, has boen arrested on a charge of obtaining inonoy under the false prefonce of being Rand's sou, CIVIL SERVANTS' ASSURANCE PROVIDENT FUND. Sydney, March 31. | At (he mooting of the Civil Service 1 a resolu'ion was carried that the eon- 1 trihutora to the superannuation fund j under 55 years of age should ceaso to , contribute, wiih a view of forming; a , now fund to bo called the Civil i vSprvante' Assurance Provident Fund, i i LATE BOA'IING FATALITY. Sydney, March 29. The fteimer which upset the fishing j boat rep rto that owing to the dark- \ doss the accident wis not seen. j