MISCELLANEOUS.
London, May 21. Mr Gladstone declined to intervene between the dissenters in the Irish Party. Mrs Watt has obtained a decree nisi against her husband Hugh Watt, described as a gentleman, whom it is alleged attempted to bribe the Premier of South Australia during a recent visit there in connection with the Northern Territory. The German reinforcements for Demaraland provoke a suspicion of German collusion with the Doers. Berlin", May 21. The death is announced of Madame Clara Schumann, the eminent pianist, aged 77 years. The Reichstag has voted supplies for further reinforcements being sent to Demaraland, South Africa, thus making the strength of the regulars there 2000. Constantinople, May 11. Macedonia is applying to the Powers to insist on reforms based on the Treaty of Berlin. Cairo. May 21. Five thousand Tignins have been escorted as prisoners to Adigrat. The commanders signed transfers. Cholera has broken out here, and 29 deaths have been recorded. The disease is spreading in Upper Egypt.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 24, 23 May 1896, Page 2
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163MISCELLANEOUS. Hastings Standard, Issue 24, 23 May 1896, Page 2
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