THE LATEST.
London, January 1. It is asserted that Zatcharsky and six others who were suspected of causing the wreck of the Czar's train in the terrible railway accident at Borki in 1888, while being conveyed from Constantinople to Odessa, overcame the boatmen, bribed the escort, and escaped to an English vessel, but were ultimately yielded to .Russian officers on the order of Sir W. A White, the British Ambassador at Constantinople. Sir G. Berry, Agent-General for Vie toria has written to General Booth sub scribing to the East End Destitute Fund. He says he is ccn'idt-nt, from his experience of the Salyatian Army in Australia, that the money will be wisely disbursed. General Booth has forwarded 10,000 tickets for provisions to destitute dockers. General Booth has been promised £90,000 for his colonisation scheme. January 2. The defection of Prank Smith is destroying all chances of success for General Booth's scheme. A flood of criticism is being poured out on General Booth's scheme. Strong objections are raised to money contri« buted for social reform purposes being devoted to it.
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Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 83, 3 January 1891, Page 2
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