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:",.''■'•■■.' ~ .Paris, August 18. Louise Michel,'the Communist, expresses herconviotion.that the strike among the tradespeople will become general throughout France.." She con-' tends that tho strikes have resulted from misery and starvation, caused by the avarice and tyranny of the capitalists.'' ''
. '."■ London, August 18. ''. Severe rioting followed the evictions at Whitegate, in County Cork, to day. The military were called out and charged the rioters, injuring many, They succeeded in quelling tbe disturbance and arrested 80 of the ringleaders. ■
.London, August 11. A Treasury minute advises that the system of perpetual pensions and sinecures should be abolished, and those existing commuted.
Tho final report of the Education Commission has been issued, The, majority recommend the extension of religious voluntary teaching, while a minority, iucludiug Dr Dale, generally support- tlie Australian system. ; .. The Irish Catholic announces that the conversion of a female member of the Royal Family is imminent. • ■■•: Valpabiso,.August 11. . Two hundred persons have been drowned,during the floods recently experienced in the country districts..'.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2977, 15 August 1888, Page 2
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165NEWS BY CABLE. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2977, 15 August 1888, Page 2
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