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ENGLISH. - j London, April 7. , The London County Council is ( seeking to obtain the power to com' pletely control all places ol amuse- , ment in the city and suburbs. . An explosion of guncotton at Petersborough in Northamptonshire, caused the collapse of a warehouse five miles away. The directors of the Hansard Publishing Company have been com • initted for trial, Queen Victoria gave audience to several French Crimean veterans at her residence at Hyeres. At a large meeting held in the city of influential bankers and merchants, it was decided to form a branoh of the Bimetallic League, and it was further resolved to urgo, the Government to co-operate with them in establishing an international agreement for an unrestricted gold and silver coinage. The marriage between Sir Edward W. Watkin, Bart., the well-known railway magnate, and Mrs Herbert Ingram, an old lady of 80, was celebrated to-day, The biide, who has control over a fortune of £300,000, has made over three-fourths of her property to Sir Edward, the remaining fourth having been settled on her children some time ago. Mrs Ingram's sons have commenced proceedings against the proprietors of the Pall Mall Gazette for publishing incorrect details regarding the dissension which was said to have taken place in the Ingram family over the marriage. It is reported that the Chinese Ministei to the United States has threatened retaliation to the AntiChinese Bill. FOREST. St Petersburg, April 7. The Czar has accepted the invita tion of the King of Denmark to be present at the celebration of his golden wedding on 26th May. Paris, April 6. The police offioe at Angers, capital | of the department of Maina-et-Loire, was blown up by dynamite, but , fortunately the 'outrage was not ■ attended with loss of life. 1 _ April 7, 1 The bombs which were thrown at '. the Police office were of a very deadly character. The building waß riddled with bullets, but luckily only one , policeman was inside at the time, and i he managed to make his escape. '
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4085, 9 April 1892, Page 2
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337NEWS BY CABLE. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4085, 9 April 1892, Page 2
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