BURMESE MASSACRE.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 76, 20 September 1879, Page 4

BURMESE MASSACRE.

The mat to Russia of the**late war Aras 150 million pounds : ste*iing and 200,000 Bien. ;-.... • .:... .„. .■ -: - ' from Central Asia to the effect that China has declared t war against Rumi*. ; v Jlpiiewal of^fihilist movement expected.; , Agrarian disturbances have , occurred m Ireland. " ':"'"' '. " ..." '.."''■; The cattle plague is spreading. Seven! town* m West Siberia hare been burned by revolutionists. In Italy the court;' has decided; against Countess Lamertine's estate. -' " General Froncini has been shot by a Capt of thVarmy; -?'* •>; ' : - - ■.;".' ; ■. ■ .- Charles Gambetta, claiming to he uncle of GambftttaV died m a French aim house. •The Spanish Government declines any interference m the Chilian-Peruvian war. CaMnet Council abandoned moiect of marriage of Alfonso to the Austrian Princess Marie. . " " ' •' ' Nora Scotian ship Bernard* has been lost ■even drowned. In Switzerland considerable anxiety exists owing to depression m the watch line. In a hurricane m the Adriatic 20 vessels w»re lost. • Cholera it spreading among the British troop*. . ; ' . At Rangoon 20 officials were killed m a rrrolfc m Upper Burmah. Yellow fever is tfgain raging m "Memphis J^our despfw'loe* m Tndivi te rritory Tennessee, rohhed the post office, and committed denredntions. The citizens resisted, and one was killed. The troops are pursuing. Dr, Cox, secretary to the American Commission at the Sydney Exhibition, was a passenger by the Cff.v'of Sydney. The New York Mechanics' Association - hu resolved to drop the wages question,; and eonbentrate efforts on reduction of the days labor to eight hours. The man who undertook to wheel a harrow from California to New York succeeded. ' Negro exoi-a* from the South increases. Chili is purchasing war material m the States. \Poreiem immigration to New York is now 8000 weekly. A Mormon preacher, proselyting for Utah m Georgia, was kißed by a mob of convert*(?> Tremendous frauds on ' the Pension Bureau hrve boon discovered i amounting to upwards of half a million dollars. A powder magazine at California exploded, b T< >wing 'to atoms the "works killing eight xnea and wounding forty. The shoak wai felt for twenty miles. Yeilow fever m Memphis is causing the inhabitant* to flee m thousands. Another b£etl« .plague has occurred among the eoniields m Psnsylvania. Bight Canadians were drowned by the ttpsttting of the yacht Toronto. A: fire at Hamilton has caused loss of half a million dollors. The Chilian army were defeated by the Pejyman at Coloma wif h terrible loss. Tke Peruvian ironclad Huasco, at Iquique. had tw.o hours' engagement with f the Chilian squadron* The Huaseo was, not daniased. The Sttftsn has signed a firman deppsing the Khedive of Egypt ki favor of his son, Prinrft Nohimed Tewfix. Previous to this the Khedive had signifled his compliance with the demand of tfie Powers. Tewfix was proclaimed "Viceroy on the 26th alt. The ex-Khfidive, his Finance Minister, and Prince Hassan, have left for Naples. They were deposed, but will receive a pension of 5000 per tfnnnm. Bntil hao sent a Commissioner to London to negotiate with the Chinese Embassy for the introduction^pf Coolies. Costa Rica has been visited by a severe earthquake. In San Jose the Cathedral was partly destroyed. Slight, .shocks had aleo been felt, on the'lsthmus .of Panama. Exports of .Argentine wheat to Europe i« m «am« proportions, arid it takes the lead both of wool and hides, which were formerly the chief export". Ihe inhabitants of Kieldag have determined to flf if fHe province is restored to China and Russians. A cyHone*m Snndravilla. Georgia, has blown down the Catholic Church, besides mnny trees and fencing.. It is rumored that the Chilians are 1 prepnring. with an nrmy of 10,000 or 15,000, to atfack Callao or Lima. N Troops are proposed as field hands in' .Cuba, m view of the speedy emancipation •f riavef. Port-auPrince, Hayti, was nearly dedesjreyed by fire. In regard to the position m Burmah there are eonfliVrinfr rumors afloat. Tha relations, however, between that country and Great Britain are m a vary critical state. Serious distu*. h«tnces at Rio Janeiro, looking at one time like a revolution, grew out of the dinmißJinJ by Do* Pedro of the. Minister of the Interior. At the reque«t of the Premier the troops finnllv dispersed th* v rioters, but not before -many persons- had tten wounded. In an interview with some of the prjnrjvtal chiefs, Sir Garnet. WolgeleV said that Zululnnd was m a hopeless condition under an independent chief, and that the only obstacle to the conclusion of peace was the ' uon -capture of Cetawayo. The Hale and Morcross. mine commenced discharging its water into the tunnel, find it mads its appearance at the mouth m an hour and twenty minutes. The purpose of this great fufc is to thoroughly drain the now drowned mines, and by establishing a working' base line, of 2000 feet below the original to render the extraction of ores easier and less nxnensive. The credit of the work is due to Adolph Sutro, wjho has ex--1 ceptional perseverance m carrying it out. | A ernnd fete was given on the.occasion. G. "W. Roldsvilt, ex-p.onsul at Auckland, ; . m New York, Pays : — Trade between New | Zealand and "United -'.States is very small, | and colonwts are yerv anxious to cultivnte commercial relations, because they believe American manufactures are better and cheaper than ihose of the Northern Country. New Zealand merchants had aske.d him to induce American merchants to sendgoodii there on the basis' of dealing common on the inlands, thafc"ip on four months' or«dit. This credit system is so established tVat no other m hi* opinion, would succeed. , -J)ur»ng hi* Tosidenoe there he had not I heurd of a thief or seen a beggar on tramp, ' nnd had formed a very high opinion of the Lonesty of New Zealand tradesmen."