CABLEGRAMS.
London, May 7. Russia will at once commence the construction of a railway from Samaraoand to Taskuid.
Archbishop Walsh, in a letter to the Times, says there are 150 estates where there are serious troubles, and advises arbitration. The proposed bank of England and Australia is abandoned, owins? to the impression that banking is overdone in the colonies, and fear of losses in risking business to secure speedy dividends. Six thousand troops are to be removed from Ireland to England. O'Brien and Harrington arrived in court from prison to give evidence. Parnell admitted pay for defence of men charged with serious criminal offences, but denied that he heard the Land League paid one hundred guineas for defence of moonlighters. The Queen has assented to the South Australian Chinese Restriction Bill. A big fire occurred in the London Soap Works. Twentyfonr warehouses have been destroyed, The damage is estimated at about half a million.
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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 296, 9 May 1889, Page 2
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154CABLEGRAMS. Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 296, 9 May 1889, Page 2
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