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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 266, 28 February 1889, Page 2

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SIR MORELL MACKENZIE AND THE EMPRESS FREDERICK. London, Feb. 25. Sir Morell Mackenzie had a farewell ( audience with the German Empress Frederick ] at Windsor to-day. f THE FROZEN MEAT TRADE. The projected New Zealand Frozen Meat 1 Company propose to build their own ships to 1 carry meat to England, and it is considered I probable that the headquarters of the Com- j pany will be fixed at Liverpool. BANQUET TO THE EARL OF KINTORE. The Earl of Kintore, Governor of South Australia, his been e tertaiued at a banquet by the members of the Junior Constitutional Club, lu ois.speech he said he was going to a loyal colony eschewing politics. SOCIALIST PARTY COLLAPSING. Paris, Feb. 25. The Socialist party in this city is collapsing. THE COSSACK EXPEDITION. Suez, Feb. 25. M. Alehin off an! the members of his Cossack expedition are being conveyed to Odessa. The Russian Government disclaim any knowledge of Atchinofi's iutention to form a settlement at Tajurah Bay. AFFAIRS ifIFGHANISTAN. RUSSIA SEEKING A PRETEXT FOR A QUARREL WI I'H ENGLAND. EXTENDING THE RAILWAY SYSTEM SOUTHWARDS. London, Feb. 25. With reference to Russia extending her railway system to the] southward., Vambury, the well-known Hungarian traveller, states that Russia is seeking a pretext for a quarrel with England over the administration of affairs in Afghanistan, Berlin, Feb. 25. The Nord Deutohe Zeitung admits that the intentions of ths Ameer are of a peaceful nature. The Garman Press generally advises England to induce ths Ameer to retire from the Russian frontier.