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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4489, 29 July 1893, Page 2

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; British mdForeiqn _ ( London, July 20, Mr Gladstone, referring to Mr I Chamberlain's opposition to tbo i Irish finatioial proposals, accused him of habitual grosshyperbole, exceeding j even what might be expected from , the Devil's advocate,. 3 ■ Mr Chamberlain retorted that ro^ • ferences to llie Devil lind become ' common in the House, Personally, | lie wa3 nol annoyed, because the 3 functions of the Devil's advocate was , distinctly useful. . There is increased agitation among t the Liberal members of the House of ' Commmis against »n autumn session of Parliament, and it ia believed thai • the Government will abandon the I idea, a The remarkable paternity case i which bus so often been before th« • English Courts and obtained so much ! j prominence in the London newspapers 1 was again before the Court of Appeal this week. Upon the Court refusing i Mrs Thompson's application lo super ' Btde Mr ilourke and give her the 0 custody of the children, she seized the boy, and a most exoiting scene foU t lowed. She fought fiercely for poss session of the child, and it was not' 9 till six ushers hud beep culled in that 1 the officials succeeded in carrying her; J screaming and struggling from the f Court. B '■ Capetown, July 27. . Tbo police scouts sent from Fort s Salisbury failed to Bight the Matabele i warriors. There is, however, great uneasiness, and the Victoria ComI panv'ti officials desire to act with 9 vigour in suppressing tbo rising, but ' Sir Henry Looh urges them toproceed cautiously. Khaina offers to . Desist the company, r Hons Kong, July 2G. i A terrific explosion .of gunpowder J startled the town yesterday. Many people were killed, and no less than j 300 injured. Four hundred houses II were wrecked. 3 Sydney, July 27. 1 Heavy rain is falling, and the prosi poets for the conquering matoh between ' New Zealand and New South Wales to-morrow are not of the brightest, s Sir Henry Parkes has entertained i the colonial team, In addressing its ' members, he stat9d that the visits of | athletio teams to the sister colonies s must give rise to liqks of union and mutual respect, It would, he said, ' be impossible for ttiem tp leave these jj shores without having done sorvioo in t the cause of Federation.