CITY EDITION. Latest Telegrams BRITISH AND FOREIGN.
B 7 ELBCTRW TBLKQUAPU—GOPYBIQHT,! [Special to Press Association. I OPERATIC. LONDON, Ju NE &. Cowen 8 opera, Harved, was produced at Covent G-ardeu with great success.
A FIRE PANIC
I During a performance of Faust at I Coven fc Garden the scenery caught | fire, and a rush immediately took place for the doors. The majority of the audience, however, had the sense to remain in their seats. The opera was temporarily stopped, and Madame Melba appeared in front of the curtain in her Marguerite costume and secured the attention of the spectators in order to prevent the panic spreading. Her coolness was loudly applauded.
FIGHTING IN THE
CAMEROONS
BERLIN, June 9. The Germans have occupied Yaunda, in the Cameroons. Their loss was twelve killed and forty-seven wounded.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5280, 10 June 1895, Page 3
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