London.
The Westminster Gazette says that 50,000 people are starving in the vilayet of Erzeroum. Russia, it adds, could stop the persecution in half an hour, but prefers to see the Christians die. The Porte has appointed a Mahommedan aa Governor of Zeitun, the scene of the late disturbances between Mohammedans and Christians.
The Powers are protesting against this course.
Two New York burglars have been arrested in London for a jewellery robbary involving £20,000. Mr Barney Barnato, the South African millionaire, has stated that President Eruger is determined to promote peace and friendship. Mr Obaplin, President of the Local Government Board, has introduced a Bill to relieve farming land in England, assessing it at half the rateable value.
The loss in local rates which will result if this Bill is carried is estimated at a million and a half per annum.
The London Building Unions threaten to strike in May for a halfpenny per hour increase in pay and a new code of rules.
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Manawatu Herald, 23 April 1896, Page 2
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165London. Manawatu Herald, 23 April 1896, Page 2
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