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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1313, 27 February 1883, Page 2

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> !- : The funeral of the late Richard ; Wagner, the eminent composer, took ; place to-day .at Baynenth, Bavaria, characteii, : ..-i,',7 The Porte has adopted the proposals, embodied Lord Bufierins note, for the satisfactory settlement .of affairs, jn %n*/' ; i?[.l A Tho Italian Government has gent" war ships to Tripoli to watch the interests pf Italy in that quarter, '- A company is being formed in Lon-. .don for the purpose of advancing moneys 1 ori\colonial 'secuntiM,'The •. capital isto. be and,the,y general ; JEbr ; the) AUfltraian^X

colonies will be Brett, late, of London bartered Bank of Australia, ( The Russian Government have decided to send a large force to : Onucass . with a view to protecting their, territory m that direction. V' 1 ' Tho House divided on Friday night' on Lawson's amendment on the address m reply to the Queen's Speech, con demning the conduct of the Government in dealing with the affairs' of %pt. The division resulted, in a! large, majority in favor of the Govern-; ment, only thirty-four members voting! for Lawson's anieudwent: -"' ':' - : _ A majority of the French Senate are! in favor of rejecting the bill passed: by tho; Chamber of Deputies' prqvidiiig for the. expulsion from France",' without trial, all members of the ex-royal families of Prance who shall be adjudged by the Government to be • guilty of plotting against the Republic,: There is great excitement in Paris over, the;expected collision between' the two, chambers. . A portion of the Australian mutton; which recently arrived in England has' been offered for sale in Birmingham,, where is realised the high price of eightpence per lb. The Government are expending a large sum for relief to suffereisby .the recent disastrous floods; .-..•; The foot and mouth disease, is ,very ; prevalent amongst cattle in various parts of the United Kingdom. Its ravages have' been especially fatal in Venires and Staffordshire. It has been decided that the annual boat race between Oxford and Cambridge Universities: crews shall take place on the.lsth of -March over the, usual course.-; ■• ' Wyndhanir-has written to Madame Sarah Bernhardt, protesting against the sale of her jewellery, which he 1 - are making formid* ftbleSemonslratipn against Russian encroachments in Central Asia, They are now investing Geke Teppe, which was- taken from them by General Skobel In January 1881, with a force of 7000 strong. • •