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The black plague is raging at Yokohama. Statistics show that the population of Germany has increase by 8,000,---000 during the past five years, while that of Prance bas only increased by 120,000. Pour thousand houses ha,ye been burned in Manilla, and 80,000 people rendered homeless. The King of Greece has opened the Olympic games. Seventy thousand people were present. Flack, of Victoria, won the first heat of 800 metres in 2min 1 6stc. The Ameer of Afghanistan is arranging for the transport of 12,000 Kafirs (natives of Kafristan, part of his territory) to the Russian frontier, where he proposes to erect strong forts.
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Manawatu Herald, 9 April 1896, Page 2
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104Foreign. Manawatu Herald, 9 April 1896, Page 2
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