Foreign.
The French Cabinet has accepted the suggestion of the Chamber of Deputies to impose a duty of 20 francs on salt meats.
Bain has fallen in the southern districts of Russia reviving the crops.
The Czar has directed the reserves of grain lying in the Government stores to be given to the peasants in the famine stricken districts, and the officials, being afraid to admit that many of the stores are empty, are distributing instead the contents of the military granaries. Russia has prohibited the exportation of oats. Eussia is constructing a military railway between Ostroleuka and Pultusk, so as to connect these two places by rail with Warsaw. The Chinese insurgents captured Thima after three days' seige, large numbers being killed on both sides. The prisoners were butchered, and the victorious rebels subsequently abandoned the city. Three thousand Dacota settlers are removing to Manitoba this season.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 27 October 1891, Page 2
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148Foreign. Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 27 October 1891, Page 2
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