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News lias been received of the wreck ot the ironclad Sullan, 19 guns, 7720 tons, one of the Mediter- 1 ranean Squadron, at Malta, The officers and crew landed safely. , Twenty-one persons, arrested on the charge of complicity in the murder of Inspector Martin at Gwecdore, have; been . discharged. Fourteen others, including Father M'Fadden, are now being tried on the charge. The Right Hon. li. Stanhope, in submitting the Army Estimates to the House of Commons, said the increase by £600,000 was 1 chiefly owing to the puroliaso of new magazine rifles for tho Army, He also stated that the force would be increased by 2600 men, with the object of strengthening the colonial garrisons at coaling stations, •
Paris, March 8. . General Boulangor, in the course ol the speech yesterday, said the attempts to create a war between Italy and, France were criminal, The suicide' of M. Rochereau, manager of the C'omptoir d'Escompte do 'Paris, is attributed.: to the threatened collapse of the copper syndicate, of which he was the principal financier. Thousands of depositors besieged tho bank.'. Two million sterling' were withdrawn. The other banks are assisting the institution. Shaves inthe Comptoird'Escompte do Paris have fallen heavily. The Bank of France have been requested to advance 36,000,000 fraucs to meet to-day's demands. The troubles are due to the position of the Imperial copper syndicate, which was considered critical.
Her Majesty Queoii Victoria has arrived at Biaritz. The Trench Government has officially refused to give any support to the PananmCanal. The Cabinet have decided to repeal the order proclaiming tlio Duo d'Aumale an exile, Suakiji, March 7. The Abyssinians are besieging the Dervishes at Karsala, and Osman Digna is marching to their relief, El Senonissi is marching on Khartoum, The Mahdi is much alarmed at his rival's advanco,
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3150, 11 March 1889, Page 2
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318NEWS BY CABLE. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3150, 11 March 1889, Page 2
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