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[WELLINGTON POST SPECIAL.] LONDON, October 20. Prince Bismarck's, nephew has co admitted suicide. Turkey, impressed with the futility of further resistance to the pressure put upon her by the United Powers, has conceded the principal demands made by the Cretans. The Ameer has invited Russia to construct telegraphs through Affghanistan, so ! as to connect the Russian, lines. The Sultan is trying to arrange the. i Affghan difficulty for the purpose of check- i ing Russian manoeuvring, and of avoiding, ] a conflict with England. The Sultan has J written an amicable letter to the Ameer on the subject. An official inquiry into the causes of the failure of the Glasgow Bank has disclosed; the existence of a deliberate and long-con-tinued system of fraud. The Socialist Repression Bill hen passed the German Reic-hstag. The Paris Exhibition is closed. The Australian exhibitors are offended because the British Government prevented the Legion of Honor being conferred upon them. A banquet was. given on Monday to the Australian officials at the Paris Exhibit ipn. Four directors of the City of Glasgow Bank have been arresed on charges of conniving at tbe frauds which have been carried on for many years.
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Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 109, 26 October 1878, Page 2
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