CABLE NEWS.
LADY F. DIXIE'S STORY DISCREDITED. THREATS TO BLOW" UP THE KREMLIN. PROMOTION PUR ADMIRAL WILSON. ACCIDENT TO THE QUEEN. CHAIRMEN OF GRAND COMMITTEES. INCLEMENT WEATHER IN ENGLAND. (by rlkctbic TRLKGitAPii.— copyright.) (SPECIAL TO UNITED PItESS ASSOCIATION.) London, March 21. Iho Press generally are sceptical as to the accuracy of Lady Florence Dixie's story about the attack marie on her. t^ir Alcxanuer Gait has resigned his position of High Commissioner for Canada. The Nihilists threaten to blow the Kremlin up with' dynamite on the occasion oi the Czar's coronation. An American man-of-war has been ordered to Madagascar. Rear- Admiral John Crawford Wilson has been appointed second m command of the Channel Squadron. Her Majesty the Queen met with a slight accidohfc, having slipped on the stairs at Windsor Castle. She is a little hurt. ! The Lord Mayor of London has opened a fund for the relief of the distressed m the Western Islands. Owing to the inclemency of the weather, canal traffic m England is rendered very uncertain, and the mails are frequently delayed. The Charity- Organisation Society intend to request Sir Charles Dilke, the President of the Local Government Board, to advance emigrants money from rates collected, and also from security of their land grants. A Commission has been appointed to inquire under what conditions the claims of the Isie of Skye crofters shall be considered .
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 91, 24 March 1883, Page 2
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228CABLE NEWS. Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 91, 24 March 1883, Page 2
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