BRITISH AND FOREIGN.
(United Press Association —Copyright) LONDON, May 18. Statistics sjiow the following decrease in the passenger traffic of the railways of the "United Kingdom for 1909; Firet-elass 1,565],1033; secondclass, 3,325,565; and third, 8,367,823. ST. PETERSBURG, May 18. A steamboat containing 94 workmen struck a rock at Alexandrovok, near Ekaterinoslav, on the Dnieper, and 47 weire drowned. The Court of St. Petersburg has sentenced M. Gutchkoff, President of the Duma, to a month's detention in a fortress for fighifcing a jduel with Count Uwaroff. The latter was sentenced to three weeks' arrest in the central guardhouse. Russian newspapers fare iindiignanjfc at Germany's attempting to extend her political and economic influence in Persia, thus 'creating unsettled conditions in the district. CAPE TOWN, May 18. Mankumana, Dinizulu's induna, has been released. CONSTANTINOPLE, May 18. For" stragetical reasons Turkey lias abandoned the idea of extending the Bagdad railway to Alexandretta, and reverted to the original plan of following the inland route from Adana. LONDON, May 19 Obituary.—Mme. ''Vdardot Geroia, the Opera House singer.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12518, 21 May 1910, Page 7
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