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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4829, 19 September 1894, Page 3

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0 • ■ ' :■:■■ ■'. x 'The Gorean War. ■■ [ Unikd Press Atmnttliox.] (By Elcelric. Telegraph-Copyright.) (Received Sept 19,0.50 p.m.) StuxGHAi, September 18, , Fifty thousand Japanese troops were engaged in the battlo near , Seoul. : [ A report is current that Li Hung Chang has committed suicide in con- ; sequonco of his degradation. Many Japanese nobles have volunteered as soldiers. . ~ Tho war fever continues to rage , fiercely, , Tho victory was duo to the Japan- ) ese supremacy at sea enabling them j to convoy troops to Corca.' > Fourteen Thousand Prisoners, ■ The Latest from the Front, i (Received Sept. 19,11.15 i ( .m,) ; Shaxuiiai, Septeinbei 18. . i The Japancso captured the entire i effective staff of tho Chinese troops, \ includingCommaudorTonk Wai and ! tho Governor Generals, , Great piles of rilles, and a largo : quantity of warlike stores have also ■ been taken. The Japanese nro arranging to i ship 14,000 prisoners, taken in the j recent battle, to Japan, On tho news of the victory reaching Tokio there was great rejoicing, bells were set ringing and salutes fired. A strong patrol is searching the field of battlo for Chinese officers, who aro alleged to have been secreted by Coreans, It is doubtful whether the Japanese will engage in war with the Coreans before winter. '_ Japanese spies have for some considerable time swarmed in arsenals, forts, nnd camps in Pekin, and in tho provinces. • The Chinese are dealing severely with spies when captured, whether Japanese or Chinese,' General News [ United Press Association.] (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (Received Sept. 19,0.50 a.m.) Loxdox, September 18. Two men were killed and three injured at Balindery, Tippernry, in a light caused by an attack on an

e omorgency man, e Paris, September 18. e News from Algeria states that t Moors attacked a French convoy b south of Oran, and killed two of the j escort. t . Sydney, September 18. [ The Assembly is discussing a motion in favour of femalefranchise. 3 So far the speakers havo been favourable to the proposal, but no lead- . ing man has yet spoken. 3 Memoukke, Sopteinber 18. j A sensational affidavit has been ; sworno by a labourer named Me--1 Mabon. He states that a wellknown member of Parliament asked ) him to sign a paper which he afterwards discovered was a transfer of 30,800 shares in tlio AustralianjCity and Suburban Investment Banking Company now in liquidation. McMahon now finds himself liable ' for oyer L 40.000, and seeks to have his name removed from the list of contributors. [ The Triple Alliance, [ United Press Associution.l ' (By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Received Sept. 19,0.50 a,m.) Viexxa, September 18. Count Kalnoky, in an important speech before the Delegations, domed that the Triple Alliance was the cause of the heavy armaments, They were imperative in the interest of i , safety, Experience had proved the ( advantago.of the Triple Alliance in 1 promoting the interests of monarchy ' andpeaco. ' ' The supposed danger of war was , 1 merely a cry set on foot by sensa- j • tional newspapers, and not by Go- , 1 vernments. j 1 He dwelt specially on the friend- < ship between Eussia and Franco, ' and praised the conduct of the young King of Servia, The prosecution of Stambouloff was a grave | mistake, ho said, for that statesman was a guaranteo of law and stability ' 1 in Bulgaria, Austria did not intend ; 1 to meddle with the politics of the 1 Balkan States, ' • Queensland Politics. [ [ United Press Atm'mtimi.] ' (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright), Brisbane, September 18. I i The mombers who were suspended last week for defying the chair havo i written to the Speaker claiming the ! light to take their scats, having been , advised that the suspension was illegal. They informed the Speaker they would obev any authorised official ■ ,I nn „t„,l ("„ ,„,.:..i ii...:.. „..i i

deputed to resist their entrance, this step being intended as a preliminary to testing the matter in tho Supreme Court, Tho Speaker replied he could not allow them to take their seats without instructions from the House, New South Wales Politics, Female Suffrage. [ United Press Association.] (By Elaine Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Received Sept. 19, 12.30 p.m.) SyiftEV, September 19, The Legislative Assembly by 18 to 13 have affirmed the principle of Female Suffrage, The Premier in supporting tho proposal, said the country had not given . its mandato to alter the constitution in direction required,- or shown anything but apathy in the matter. , Sir Or, R. Dibbs, announced his conversion in favor of Woman Suffrage', Sir Henry Parkes also supported the motion. Latest Australian News. Floods in the Murray. [United Press Association.] [By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Received Sept. 19,12,15 p,m.) Sydney, September 19. i Tho country betweon Old Moama and Bamah, for a distance of thirteen miles has the appearanco of a vast sea, owing,to tho flooding of the Murray River. Tho. Cabinet has invited tho colonies to conbinoiu convoying thanks to France for assistance in saving H.M.S. Ringarooma, Replies havealreadybeenreceived from New Zealand and [South Australia, agreeing with the idea, Peiuh, September 19. Tho Promior has ropliod that owing to pressure of local matters,'

III! I m~,M ■ I I 11,1—■».! I, l-C^CTMi Parliament Will be tumble' tocliscnss federation at present... ~ • ; A minor has been found brutally murdered near Coolgardio. A pick was driven cleau through his skull.