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Cholera is raging at Kharitsin, on the Volga. Numerous deaths are reported at Saratov, Tiflis and Baku. The St Petersburg correspondent of the London Standard says that there are 2000 cases in St Petersburg itself.
It is reported that genuine cholera hag appeared at Paris. In consequence of the objections raised by the French, the Berlin Exhibition will probably be held in 1898 instead of 1900. The municipality has been invited to guarantee 10,000,000 marks. The cholera has broken out in Sumara.
In Astrakhan the ravages are serious, and riots have taken place owing to the police endeavouring to prevent the populace from fleeing from the city.
From Bordeaux reinforcements have been shipped to Dahomey. The Dahomeyans have captured Bagry and destroyed the Catholic missions ; they have also burnt three priests and three nuns. Tho French troops eventually defeated the natives.
Eussia is reported to advancing on Pamir, and encroaches on Afghanistan by the Murghan River.
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Manawatu Herald, 12 July 1892, Page 2
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157Foreign. Manawatu Herald, 12 July 1892, Page 2
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