HOME AND FOREIGN

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXIII, Issue 11282, 1 June 1891, Page 2

HOME AND FOREIGN

[Bt Electric Telegbaph— Copteight.] IMPROVING- TUBERCULINE THE GERMAN CORN DUTIES. ARGENTINE BANK DEPOSITS. DISTINGUISHED INVALIDS. THE CHILIAN REVOLT THE CZAR AND HIS ENEMIES. THE JEWS AND THEIR PERSECUJTORS. [Peb Press Association.] London, May 29. The Queen has decided that the Duke of Fife's daughter shall rank as a duchess. It is expected that the enforcing of the modus vivendi by the Newfoundland Parliament will cause the withdrawal of the Bill which was introduced in the House of Lords by Lord Knutsford. Berlin, May 28. Dr Koch is engaged in making tuberculine free from all injurious substances. Buenos Atbes, May 28. Payment of deposits in the banks in the Argentine Republic, which was suspended, is now ipdefinitely postponed. Ottawa, May 28. Sir ' John Macdonald, the Premier, who has been suffering from paralysis of the throat, is dying. Washington, May 29. Mr J. G. Blame has so far improved in health that he is able to drive out. A wheat corner has been established in Mianeaopolis, and has secured 9,000,000 bushels. The intervention of the United States in the Chilian revolution is officially denied. Calcutta, May 29. Owing to the heavy shipment of wheat to the English market, the price of food has seriously advanced in the northern provinces in India. St, Petersburg, May 29. The Czar has arrived at Moscow. The entire line of route was guarded by troops, the authorities fearing that advantage might be taken of the Czar's trip to assassinate him. The Czar is determined to expel all Jews from St. Petersburg, Moscow, and Odessa. Athens, May 28. The Jews are rapidly quitting Corfu.