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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 177, 5 June 1879, Page 2

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(PEIt PRESS AGENCY. WELLINGTON. Wednesday. C. MuKirdy assigned his estate to-day. The Luna brought down seven Volunteers for the Armed Constabulary. Two are to be cnrollod at once and sent off to Taranaki with the least possible delay, The Mayor will to-morrow urge i; on the Premier the desirableness of avert' ig war by every means, so as to prevent or.: 1 financial arrangements being embarrassed. FURTHER MAIL NEWS. The Yorkshire miners are about to discuss the propriety of stopping all mining for four or five weens, so as to lessen the output. The British squadron, will cruise off Peru and Chili while hostilities are pending. The Standaad says that the Khedive cannot pay the interest on his debts either by fair or foul means. vl fireworks factory in Franco exploded, killing seven pessons. , : French war vessels have been ordered to Egypt, with a view to eventualities, Captain Bemack has been appointed German Cohsul-Geueral at Samoa to push German interests. Bismarck asked leave to prosecute' Deputy Hasselmau for smuggling prohibited newspapers into tho empire. The Nihilists have abducted and detain the Governor in charge as a hostage to secure leniency to Nihilist prisoners, Several thousand suspected revolutionists have been arrested at Khardoff and Kieff/. One of tho repressive measures of the Czar is giving despotic power to Governors-Gene-ral of the most populous districts of Eussia..

A thousand'political prisoners are being' sent from St, Petersburg to Eastern Siberia., People aro being anestecl in batches at allhours of the clay on the most frivolous.

''grtundß..,Thbfiolos 'reports it, ls intended |(5 seadiwolva tijonsand•parsons with their families from -.lTorgoroilvtp Siberia; 4700 pplitical prisoners iayaj beon removed from FortPetropolawski, and removed to eastern •prißOas,

Disastrous floods -in the Moskora and Dffina rivers, Thirty-four railway bridges destroyed at Moscow. ' Ovenburg, on the Ural Eiver, has been mostly destroyed by fire,. Twenty-one villages have been totally destroyed by an earfchquako in Persia. About 5000 head of stock -were killed, including oxen, horses, sheep, and camels. The people of Lebanon throateu a civil

Starving Ma'nommedans are plundering shops in Adrianoplo. Hundreds of square miles again submerged in Aiifltro-Hungary. One hundred and seventeen miners were killed in Belgium through a fire-damp explosion. Australia arrived at Auckland with' Frisco mail. LONDON. London news of the relief of Ekowe, and sevoro defeats previously.inflicted on Zulus by! Wood and Chelmsford, caused universal joy. Diversion effected by Wood on 28th and 29th March, by dividing Zulu forces largely contributed to Lord Chelmsford's success. Speedy termination of war expected, Lord Chelmsford's success reinstates him jn public opinion. England has takou no action yet in regard to the crisis of Egypt beyond recalling Eivers Wilson. France also quiosccnt. Khedive issued decree creating a council of State under a native presidency, members being half native and half European, with two Europeans as Vice-Presidents. In consequence of the attempted assassination of- the Czar,. Bussian Government adopted severe measures for repressing Nihilism, amounting to proclamation of State of Siege in all chief cities. Passport regulations vigorously enforced that no citizen was allowed to possess fire-arms without special

Governors General empowered to arrest all suspected persons and to try them by Court Martial. Every house in St. Petersburg is required to have a watchman day and night. Collier strike in Durham continues, the miners refusing the terms offered by owners. Parliament is not to be dissolved tin's year. The Metropolitan Board Works propose rejecting electric light for the Thames Embankment, on account of its great expense over gas. Volunteers for the Cape are asked for from the regular army of militia and reserves; 1,200 men are called for. ' A tremendous riot occurred at Cork, arising out of difference between the rival bands; | several houses were torn down. Moro than forty factionis were treated for scalp wounds. : One policeman's skull fractured. Howe and Son's Cotton Spinning Mills, l'aisely, was destroyed by tire. The loss is estimated at £GO",000; 400 persons was thrown out of employment. Trichinae has been discovered in carcases previously imported. Bussia demanded extradition of Nihilists of England; the latter positively refused to deliver them up, hut very cordial communications were exchanged between Czar aud Beaconsfleld, after Seloyeff's attempt on the life of former, The Csrar, in replying to Beaconsfield's congratulations expressed his belief that the preservation of good feeling between Itnssia and England was essential to best interests to Europe. .