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The Cretan Christians demand autonomy in economic matters under a system by which they will pay tribute to the Porte ; also appointment of a Christian Governor who shall have the right to veto the projects of the Assembly. An extensive schema has been discovered in New York for the utilisation of pigeons in diamond smuggling. The birds were liberated upon the steamers from Europe while they were still some distance from New York. . The platform drawn up by the National Democratic Convention's • Committee at Chicago, besides pro- . poeing a policy of free coinage of silver, an income tax and a tariff for revenue purposes, denounces tho treatment which Mr Debs, president of the Railway Union in Illinois* > - was subjected to. The Chicago Convention has, by 116 to 105, nominated Mr Bryan against Mr Bland for the Presidency. There is intense heat in Spain, and many deaths are recorded.
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Manawatu Herald, 14 July 1896, Page 2
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149Foreign. Manawatu Herald, 14 July 1896, Page 2
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