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Press Assoclat'on—Electric Telegrupli-Copyrighi MI&S MARION TERRY. LONDON, March 9. Miss Marion Terry has received concussion of the brain through leaping from a runaway cab. ENGLISH BYE-ELECTION. LONDON, March 9. In a Parliamentary election Mr. C. Trevelyan, Radical, was elected by a majority of 985 for the Elland Division of Yorkshire, in place of Mr. Wayman, retired. MADAME MELBA. LONDON, March 9. Madame Melba has been engaged to appear in grand opera at Covent .Garden. A NARROW ESCAPE. : LONDON, March 9. j Miss Ellen Terry had a narrow escape while playing Portia in. The Merchant of Venice" at the , Grand Theatre, Fulham, Owing to an accident to the stage.machinery the curtain fell suddenly and narrowly missed Miss Terry's head. i THE GERMAN ARMY. BERLIN, March 9. It was the Budget Committee, not the Reichstag, which agreed. to .increase the infantry. THE SOUDAN.

CAIRO, March 9. The Greeks at Omdurman have made claims on the Egyptian Government totalling £2000, for cases in previous Soudan wars. The claims include the value of paper money issued by General Gordon. ATTEMPTED MURDER. 1 ! PARIS, March 9. i After a sensational trial lasting three days Madame Bianchini, wife of Charles Bianchini, the well-known Paris scenic artist, has been sentenced to five years on a charge of attempting to poison her husband. Some months ago Bianchini became ill, and Madame exclusively nursed him, btxt, despite all the doctors care, the patient gradually became weaker. Suspicions of atrophine poisoning were aroused, and two friends removed Bianchini from his, wife's care, when he rapidly recovered. Madame was arrested on suspicion, 'and several phials of atrophine were found in her room. Upon hearing the Bentence she. attempted suicide by stabbing herself near the heart. . THE MURDERED PLAGUE OFFICERS. ' CALCUTTA, March 9. ■ The charge upon which Chapekar and Renade were sentenced was based on their complicity in the murders of j W. C. Rand and Lieutenant Ayerst, ! two Poonah plague officers, in 1897.. GERMAN NEW GUINEA. . BERLIN, March 9. The Reichstag has ratified the purchase of the German New Guinea Company's rights for four million ! marks and the assumption of a protectorate. THE FAR EAST. LONDON, March 9. Russia continues to insist upon a revision of the, Newohang railway j loan, but Britain maintains the position she has taken'up. ! Germany iB showing a cooler feeling towards Russia, and it is believed . she contemplates making a move in China. PEKIN, March 9. The Viceroy of Nanking has r&• moved the Laotai of Shanghai, with whom Britain, America and Germany > declined to have further negotiations ■ relative to the extension of foreign settlement in Shanghai. i The Chinese Government is inclined j to declare Sayun Bay an open port. THE MUSCAT INCIDENT. PARIS, March 9., The Paris journals maintain that Delcasse's statements in reference to! j the Muscat incident have.not been rej futed. They accuse Mr. Broderick of I quibbling over the affair. . BRITAIN AND RUSSIA. , LONDON, March 9. The Times' Pekin correspondent states that' Britain offered to assist China in the event of Russian aggression in connection with ; the Newchang railway loan, but threatened to retaliate if .China yields i.o Russian pressure over the loan. • SHOOTING. March 10. Mr. Reid has agreed with the other Premiers to join in the expense of sending a combine*! rifle team to England, to be selected on the same principle as . the cricket team. It is proposed to arrange a serips of England and Australian matches. GENERAL BOOTH. ADELAIDE, March 10. General Booth is improving. He has decided to abandon the New Zealand tour. THE S.S. OMRAH. ALBANY, Maroh 10. Arrived: Omrah, from London. Passengers for New Zealand: Mr. and Mrs. Williams and four daughter j Archdeacon Harper and 1 son, Mwß, Field and Brydoa/ ®