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Manawatu Herald, 3 May 1894, Page 2

Foreign.

The Coxeyifces seized a., train in Oregac; but a cavalry patrol, recaptured it. ; A band of 70 : has b.een arrested? in ; Rhode JEsland as vagrants. ? ' i • v Another mob. seized/ a, trajn at ; iOhio,', but the troops /brought,. the t i.Gatling guns to bear upon them, and ;the Captain, witt-his watch in- his hand, gave them, three minutes to retire. This, proved effectual, and jthe train was given up; ■ " :' • j There are signs that the movejment is. collapsing.. : . : Owing to the distress which is' making itself felt among them, the strikers are forming a huge camp in a park in the capital, and are trying ito raise money by charging -sight-, iseers admission. - -7 i Some French naval officers who visited the old Sferaglio in the Turk. |sh carpital. were arrested, but afterwards liberated. - ; The French Embassy, demands an apology for their treatment. As the reports come in, from the 'districts in Greece . affected by the earthquakes, their ravages are shown to be much more extensive than was supposed. Hundreds of .fchqusands of people have' .Ifeeix ren'fler^ )i6mejefcs,. and the whole coast line from opposite Lavissa to Thermopile has been laid desolate. The" sea encroached upon the; land, ' andelsewhere torrents of boiling water upheaved from fissures in. the earth added to the horrors of the scene. . The unfortunate inhabitants' in the stricken districts are spending their nights in the open /air, praying for mercy. , ' , The shocks. still continue. .'-.,—. Extensive fissures have been." riven in the ground, and the mountain gorges are greatly affected; Russia has promised China not to make any advance towards the Pamir frontier, pending the final agreement to the boundaries. , Thirty thousand Vienna masons have struck for ahorfcer hours,

Dr Dermer and Mrs Dermer (scr.) beat. Mr 0. Robinson and Miss Aug. tin 1£ bisques. This, the final match of the tournament, was played off on Wed» nesday afternoon,.xesultingin.^our of Dr and Mrs Dermer, who won more easily than was; anticipated***''' The winners played a very Bteady .game all through, Mrs Dermer'«-se>?-vice being at times very swift. For the losers Miss Austin played very well, though evidently a little nervous. Mr Robinson was, however, decidedly "off," especially in the first ball of his service, and appeared to lack his usual briskness in moving about the court. Hii opponents too gave' him little show of exhibiting net play, placing most -of his returns to his partner, To this in great part they owe their victory. Result— Sets, 2 to 0. Games— B to 4, 6to 8. Points— 6s to 65. /Dr and., Mrs Dermer are thui the, -winners of the; trophy in the Mixed Doubles.