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\ , London, August 26. It is now stated that Mrs Maybricki,, who was sentenced to death for poisoning her husband at Liverpool and; subsequently Had her 'sentence commuted' to penal servitude for life, is in a critical state of health. - , - • > - , f Brierley, between whom and the pris- i oner improper relations "were shown tti have existed, has, sailed for America. ( He has expressed his" sorrow for,:, what has occurred. - • ' > •> ' The dock labourers' strike still continues, and is causing the greatest, inconvenience. . The coasting services have been almost wholly suspended. Clerks employed by the different shipping firms have been pressed into service, and are employed loading/ and • unloading coasting steamers. ' < Mr Sydney Buxton, member of the ' House of Commons for Lower Hamlets Poplar, is posing as the strikers' champion. A new system of telegraphic money orders comes into operation on September ist. The maximum' amount is fixed at jQio.
Melbourne, August 27. Mr Duncan Gillies, Premier of this colony, considers that vigorous action on the part of the Australasian Governments is necessary to combat the proposed annexation of, the New Hebrides by France. He is now consulting with the Governments of the other colonies on the subject. Very little interest is taken in the want-of-confidence motion, and the Government is certain of a large majority.
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Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 398, 31 August 1889, Page 5
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215LATE CABLES. Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 398, 31 August 1889, Page 5
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