DEFENCE OF CONSTANTINOPLE.
: LONDON, May 10. Colonel Baker and other English officers m the service of the Porte are actively employed m the defence of the capital, Great reforms are preparing. . LONDON, May 15. The Lancashire riots continue. The military force has been strengthened, but no collisions have as yet occurred. Negotiations are proceeding between Blackburn and other operatives, m regard to the strike. May 16. ■'-■ At the riots at Blackburn and Barnsley the military fired on the mob, wounding five ; mills were burned and windows smashed. The Australian Cricketers have .arrived; all well. .< An explosion at the powder mills m Paris, followed by an extensive fire, took place, and twenty persons were killed. Lord Russell is dangerously ill, and not expected to recover. At a meeting of employers, m Manchester, the arbitration refused the original terms insisted upon.
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Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 923, 23 May 1878, Page 2
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139DEFENCE OF CONSTANTINOPLE. Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 923, 23 May 1878, Page 2
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