NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3906, 7 September 1891, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

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London, September 3,

E. P. Slavin, the Australian pugilist, who was recently declared a bankrupt, has paid his creditors in full, with four per cent, interest, and an application to have the bankruptcy annulled has been granted. In the City Court to-day, Patrick Foley, M.P. for Connemara, was summoned by the Wandsworth Guardian, for refusing to pay for the support of his wife, who is in the workhouse. The case was adjourned. September 4.

It is reported that t,he Prince of Wales will shortly pay an official yisit tq Italy. I

FOREIGN-

Pkkin, September 3,

In order to pounterapt the construction of the Siberian Railway by .Russia the Chinese Government has derided to extend the Tientsin-Kai-ping Railway to the Northern frontier. St. Petersburg, September 8.

Russian peasants at Maikoff refused to permit the destruction of some diseased cattle. A riot followed, and the Cossacks fired on the peasants, killing 17 and wounding many others. Madrid, September 8.

By a railway collision in this city, seven persons were killed and 20 injured. The collision between the Medina Campo and Madrid express was due to negligence on the part of the pointsman. i Berne, September 4.

In consequence of the death of Dr JacotteS, thfe-projected obsei'vatofy on •Mount Blanc has been abandoned. ' September 3. The' QkY lzie ? beej> aispassed. (September 4. 1 Tlie sult&nbaa dismissed si* other! Minister? besides tbe Vizier, Djevad Pasha, Goyernorof Crete, appointed Grand Vizier and lias . r • • .... Kiza Fasba Minis 10. j Beblik, September *. It is reported the Emperor will shortly meet tbe Czar at Copenhagen. Tbe German authorities are buying up large quantities of corn, not coal.