GENERAL NEWS.
James Ballantine, author, Edinburgh, died on the 18th December. Parliament is summoned to meet, on the 17th January. The Chinese Government want Great Britain to help them in their famine troubles. The announcement of a Scottish hierarchy has been postponed by the Papal Consistory. The Pope has granted a dispensation for the marriage of King Aiphonao with the Princess Mercedes, daughter of the Due de MontpenEour million reals damage has boon caused by a fire at Santandar, Spain. The German estimatas for 1878 show a deficiency of 9,000,000d01. Alsace and Lorraine ask the General Government for a constitution as a German state. General Grant is making a tour of Italy. The largest crop of wheat over raised in Southern Kussi ■- is useless for want of transportation, Government having monopolised all the railways and rolling-stock. The Cretans are in revolution, and ask the protection of England. Meantime they are establishing a Provisional Government. The Dutch steamer Friesland has been lost 'off Cape Fiuisterre, with all on board. Bussia is feeling various Mediterranean States as to their disposition relative to the opening of the Dardanelles. Prince Bismarck’s new commercial and financial policy for Germany has been approved by the Emperor. The Pope is desirous, now, to concert a modus vivendi with Germany.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5262, 4 February 1878, Page 3
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212GENERAL NEWS. New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5262, 4 February 1878, Page 3
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