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It is reported in Brussels that Major Lothaire has been tried and acquitted by the authorities of the Congo State for. the murder of Mr Stokes, the British trader who was shot by his orders last year. The report, however, has nofc been confirmed.
Tha German Government is ne« gotiating with the New Guinea Company for the transfer of its rights to the Crown, with the view to the colony being brought under direot Imperial control. The Sultan has created Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria a. Marshal, and has bestowed decorations lavishly on Bulgarian officials. The Russian Goveraemnt h&i asked Bulgaria to reinstate the officers who took refuge in Rusiian i territory after King Alexander ab« " dicated the throne. The new system of rebates on freight on the German railways will enable Westphalia coal to be landed in England at a sufficiently low rate to compete with English coal. Corea is borrowing 8,000,000 dollars from Russia on the security of the province of Hang Yeng.
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Manawatu Herald, 21 April 1896, Page 2
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165Foreign. Manawatu Herald, 21 April 1896, Page 2
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