Foreign.

Manawatu Herald, 14 February 1895, Page 2

Foreign.

A blizzard has swept the whole ot the Eastern States of America which has been unequalled in severity since 1888. In the whole of these States the thermometer was below zero, in some instances as low as 34 degrees. The velocity of the wind was 72 miles an hour.

The railways were blockeci bsr drifting enow;, sM J jpqljiah__ii6atiß_l was interrupted ih 1 all tilfclffitraS.. Satidy Hook was partially icebound. . . The Atlantic liners arriving tt New York repqr. .HavHijr thrfee feet of ice Bn the ae&itej, aha $(,t tti. weathervwis-Bometmny terribter" '•* In many cities in the States people are in danger of sterwtliofe dw«S^ Jo.-~-~ the cessation- of the train scry.cc. damage io tbe fruit and veg£ table crais in florid* *» estH*m*«si. two tiitilWMtfe^HM: . . „., ,'.i,Tbe Rothschilds alone tan op £6,000,000 worth of the American gold bonds. Tbe Porte has called oni a portion of the reserves, and refuses to ittow _, foreigners abd natives to leave the , towns where' they reaid.; T,He reasoji is Uti^wHi , . Germany has forbidden the import of frozen meat, especially fawtn sheep, trom Australia. The Pope has declined to mediate in the Armenian trouble, but has sngge_t_d that . Christian GoYemotS - should 1 be appointed. '"''■* r Th? Sultan is highly incensed tk the propdSftl; ' ; The Emperor Of AttStHa is tetitdtiK dwellings td be erected for 10,900 workers in Vienna. „-;■.•■. .. Three rooms will be provided for. eacb, and the rent, which is fixed at ' £. per annum, will be devoted to founding similar establishments, a■• * The French Premier (M- Blbot) . has .atlcelled the death duty e.hettie, and is drawing from the Savings Banks the unclaimed money and utilising other reserves, in order to meet the deficit of over ft million. '