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!REUTERS TELEGRAMS.) London, October 21. Arrivals : Sir William Wallace, from Adelaide, on sth May ; Trevelyan, from Port Pirie, on 16th June ; Halton Castle, from Wallaroo, on 20th April. Quebec, October 21. H.R.H. the Marchioness of Lome has sailed tor England. Vienna, October 21. The is a serious famine in Hungary, and the failure of the crops is general. St. Petersburg, Oct 22. The occupation of Merv is officially denied. The Russian Press indignantly protest against the hostile language of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs at Manchester, which the official Messenger announces is. not calculated to contribute to satisfactory relations between England and Russia. Paris, October 22. Humbert, a Communist, has been sentenced to six months’ imprisonment for making a seditions speech. Melbourne, Thursday. The directors of the Provincial Bank have been committed for trial. The Legislative Assembly will not adjourn. Sir John O’Shanassy’s motion in the Assembly, to abolish the land tax, was defeated by a large majority.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 5794, 24 October 1879, Page 2
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163NEWS BY CABLE. New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 5794, 24 October 1879, Page 2
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