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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1135, 31 August 1882, Page 2

The Gulcowar of Baroda who was deposed by the British Government for attempting to poison Colonel Phayre, the British Resident, and who paid Mr Berjcanl Ballantyne a retainee of £lO,OOO in his defence, Is dead. Meiling, who supplied plans of Germany’s coast defences to Russia, has bean sentenced to six yws' imprisonment witli hard tabor. Wagner's new opera " Pareifal," was pro. duced at Bayreuth, on tile 26th July, to an immense audience. ■ The work is of a religi > ous character, and is highly spoken of. The “ Wliitehall Review " gives a list of 200 Colonists who were present at the Parkes banquet, three of whom are classed as millionaires, 36 us possessing over £200,000 and 76 over £50,000 each. Among tlie two hundred thousand pounders are D. Larusch, P. G. Dalgety, Major F. J. Sargood, Aiderman W. M‘Arthur; and among the fifty thousand pounders, Thomas Russell, Hou. G. M. Waterhouse, Allan Campbell. H. I>. LurMeh, Bir F. I>. Bell, A, M. Bethune, MH Di L. Wi|liiwiH,