Foreign.

Manawatu Herald, 15 January 1895, Page 2

Foreign.

Severe snowstorms have occurred in Vienna, wbich is, as a result, almost isolated from the rest of the country. During the height of the storm the thermometer was at zero. Extraordinary falls of snow have taken place in Italy, Spain, France, and Austria. Many deaths are reported, and several cities are isolated. The Trieste express, with the Archduke Ferdinand on board, ran into a snowdrift. The Prince was unhurt, but seven other passengers were injured. The Treasurer of South Dakota has abscinded, leavirg a deficit of 350,000d015, and the State in a bankrupt condition. His embezzlements have also caused the failure of the National Bank of Dakota. The President of the United States has advised Congress to consent to Hawaii leasing a cable station to Great Britain, and declares that the laying of the cable to the Australian colonies via Hawaii would be of benefit to the United States. The leaders of the recent riots at St. John's have been arrested. During a debate in the Reichstag on the Anti-Revolutionary Bill, General Bronaart, in a slashing speech, declared that the army was little touched by Socialism, and was likely to prove a sharp weapon whenever its services were required. It would, he declared, make short work with those who instigated it to mutiny. The Mehtar of Chitral has been murdered by his brother, who has seized the throne. News has been reoeived in Paris that the French gunboats bombarded and silenced the forts in the vicinity of Tamatave. The guns of the Hovas were badly served.