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Timaru Herald, Volume LII, Issue 5157, 2 June 1891, Page 3

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-o ' (t'EuEt/acrcRio^TsLKOKAPH — OoPvaxooT. ] (Per Press Association.) (Received 1.50 a.m., May 2nd.) REVIVAL OF TRADE. London, .Tune 1. Export to the Australian coloniea ia brisker than has been the case for years, and the dock sheda are choked with goods. The aggregate tonnage m London waiting for cargoes is 800,000. THE IRISH LAND BILL. The House of Commons reports tha Irish Land Purchase Bill with thirteen pages of amendments. MESSAGE FROM THE QUEEN. The Queen has sent a message to Lord Stanley, of Preston, Governor of Canada, requesting him to pay a visit to Sir John Macdonald on behalf of Her Majesty. THE KARRAKATTA. The Australian torpedo gunboat Karrakatta haa sailed for the colonies. THE NELSON. H.M.S. Nelson replaces the Wellington as flagship at Portsmouth. THE JEWS. St. Pbtersbubg, June 1. A society has been established at Odessa for the purpose of assisting the Jews *ho have been ordered to quit the country to emigrate to Groat Britain. It is estimated that 60,000 will be landed m Great Britain m the autumn. BaaiiN, June 1. A central committee has boen formed here to assist Jews expelled from Rusaia. LARGE ORDER FOR RIFLES. Sofia, June 2. Tha Bulgarian Army have ordered forty thousand of the Austrian Mannlichter repeating rifles from Vienna, which are to be delivered by September. MELINITE. Pabis, June 1. Letters have been discovered which prove that M. Turpin, the inventor of melinite, had offered to sell the secret of his invention to the German Government before he offered it to Sir William Armstrong and Company. THE CHILIAN INSURGENTS. Valparaiso, June 1. The republic of Bolivia ha 3 decided to recognise the Chilian insurgents. THE AUSTRALIAN CRUISE KS. London, June 1. The Australian cruisers rendezvous at Batavia. THE MANIPUR ASSASSINS. Calcutta, June 1. Two of the Manipur officers have been sentenced for complicity m the murder of Messrs Quinton, Grimwood, and others. BUYING UP CORN. Odessa, June 1, English and German syndicates have purchased all the available corn supply here.