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i The Customhouse authorities at San i Francisco seized a half ton of opium, > which was brought in on the steamer i China. ■ > . The last shipment of apples and pears from Australia, which came in on the Monowai at San Francisco, arrived, in a very bad condition. The fruit was nearly all rotten, owing to the fact that it had been- stowed .too near the boiler.or furnace room. The importer will sue the steamship company for damages It is unfortunate that thp fruit was lost as it came at a time when there was a good demand for it. . . During the month the Western States .Congress held a session at Kansas City. ( The qbject of the Congress was to discuss the fiDance and business conditions of the United States, and devise means to improve the situation The Cornell University faculty have ' refused to permit the law class to secure Robert G, Ingersoll to deliver the annual address during the]commencement exercises. The action of the faculity was due to religious prejudice. — Four trans- Atlantic passenger steamers were quarantined at New fork on April 19. They were infected with typhoid fever, yellow fever, and varioloid. The ships carried a total of 942 passengers.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXIII, Issue 11278, 27 May 1891, Page 2
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202AMERICAN. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXIII, Issue 11278, 27 May 1891, Page 2
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