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The Gordon College Fund has now reached £91,000. The Earl of Hopetoun has been appointed Lord Chamberlain, The Government offers to locate the University of London in the Imperial Institute. The Kurds have committed fresh excesses at Bitlis, a town in the vicinity of f ikf l yon Germany has demanded redress for the ill treatment of a missionary at Shantung, and the degradation of the man-, dariu responsible for the outrage. The London County Council has resolved to purchase land aud erect houses for the poorer classes, assuming all tine responsibility of landlords. In connection with the visit of the Australian Eleven to England,- two matches each have been arranged with Gloucestershire, Yorkshire, Lancashire, Oxford University, the Metropolitan Cricket Club and Giound, aA'so single matches against other first-elarsß counties, as well as Cambridge University and South England, and several more matches are in course of arrangement. It is stated that one of the well-known Scotch whisky distilleries is in difficulties. It is admitted, that the liabilities of the company amount to £1,000,000, hut a statement lias been made that equivalent assets have been lodged as securities with thje banks, and this is helping to avert a crisis.
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Waikato Argus, Volume V, Issue 369, 10 December 1898, Page 2
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200CABLE SUMMARY. Waikato Argus, Volume V, Issue 369, 10 December 1898, Page 2
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