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Los DO V. j The Oueen is spending Christmas afc Windsor, but it is stated that she will pass a considerable portion of her time during the London season at Bucking*. ham Palace. In the discussion ou the Arctic Ex* pedition doubts were expressed whether the Expedition should have returned so sooa. The troop ship St. Lawrence was wrecked on Paternoster Itock!*. The troops on board were all landed safely. A large quantity of Government stores were lost. The troop ship Tamar went ashore at Bermuda and for several hours was in a perilous position H.M.S.'s ship Narcissus also went ashore at Shanghai, snd was taken off with difficulty. It is stated that Gladstone cleared £12,000 by his Bulgarian pamphlet. W. E. Foster, alluding to Educational matters at Aberdeen, strongly urged the study of modern languages in preference to Greek and Latin, Spurgeon, ifc ia reported, offered up prayer at his services for a ehanga of tha Ministry in England. Meetings have been held at Stafford liouse, under the presidency of the Duke of Sutherland, aod subscriptions raised for the relief of the disasters in tha Turkish army. At the London School Board elections no lady candidates were defeated. Four were chosen, The Master of the Rolls made strong comments on the conduct of the Rev, F. G. Gilman, of Brighton, who, to induce his wife to sign a deed which placed ot his disposal £20,000, refused to admit ber to the communion table.
She signed the deed, but the trustees refused to act upon it. The King of Dahomey had seven natives shot for talking about a palaver with the British. At present matters remain in statu quo. A panic occurred in the town of Stettchose, inthe Cape, inconsequence of the failure of the local bank. The chairman committed suicide, and the cashier has been arrested for embezzling £50,000. A shocking murder was committed at Pimlico, by a young man named Reiday, who has been apprehended, The body of a young lady was fouud in the Mile-End dock, the skull being fractured, the legs fastened together, both being broken. The efforts of the police failed to discover anything about her,
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Inangahua Times, Volume III, Issue 76, 12 February 1877, Page 2
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