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«. _ DIVORCE IN HIGH LIFE. THE INDIAN FAMINE. THE BUBONIC PLAQUE. (Per Press Association.) London, Feb. 2. Mr Sinclair (Unionist) has been elected for the Romford division of Essex by a majority of 125 votes. He succeeds Mr Wigram, resigned. Countess Cowley, on the amended file, was granted a decree nisi, with costs, on the grounds of her husband's adultery and desertion. The Mansion House Indian Famine Relief Fund has reached £191,000. Th 6 Prince of Montenegro subscribed £80. Mr Chamberlain has expressed surprise that the Preminrs of the Colonies have not replied so far to the invitation to attend the Quean's celebration in England. He had formed great hopes that the Premiers would be present at the commemoration of the record reign. Capetown, February 3. Train loads of arms and war material aro being sent to the Transvaal via Delagoa by the Germans. This material is reported to be arriving by every steamer, Calcctta, February 2. From Bombay it is reported the plague has spread to the prisons, and it is proposed to remove tho prisoners to the country.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 182, 4 February 1897, Page 2
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182HOME & FOREIGN. CABLES. Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 182, 4 February 1897, Page 2
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