GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 4957, 21 February 1895, Page 2

GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.

(Received February 21, 10.80 a.m.) London, February 20. The experts consider that the Echuca's cattle are unequal to the Port Pirie's shipment, both as regards quality and condition. Angus cattle are too heavy for the London market. The animals will probably be killed next week. , Washixwo.v, February 20. A syndicate deposited thirty million dollars of gold, which checked the run on the Treasury within a day of depletion. A New York syndicate has applied for double the amount of the new bonds. SiiAXfiHAi, February 20. Two thousand people have been killed by the explosion of a fort in Formosa. Constantinople, February 20. The witnesses examined by the Armenian Commission are making revelations of a terrible character, London, February 20. The embankment at the Albert Docks has collapsed for a distance of 60 yards. St. Pktkmhto, February 20. Thirty schoolboys has been drowned at Moscow, through falling into a hole in the frozen river. Washington, February 20. The Rothschilds and Morgan have issued a United States 4 per cent, loan of sixty-two million dollars,payablc in coin. New York, February 19. News has been received that the rebels in Colombia, South America, mot the loyalist troops in battle at Santorgesa. The loss on ouch sido was 200 killed,the rebels losing their general.