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Waikato Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1445, 6 October 1881, Page 3

INTERPROVINCIAL.

[by electric telegraph, press association.]

New Zealand Rifle Association. Wellington, Last Night. The Now Zealand Rifle Association having obtained a Parliamentary grant, the Committee are making arrangements to pay the winners at the late meeting at Nelson the amount deducted from prizes. Supreme Court.

At the Supreme Court to-day, the civil action Climie v. City Corporation was concluded. The action was brought to recover 2} per cent, commission on £80,000, the estimated cost of the drainage scheme, for which plaintiff prepared the plans. After an hour's deliberation, the jury returned a verdict for £1000.

NEWS BY THE SUEZ MAIL

London, August 26. Continuous rains have fallen in England, and have seriously damaged the crops, which at one time were expected to equal the average of the years preceding 1874. These hopes, however, were dispelled. A little corn has been carted at present, and unless settled weather speedily sets in, a repetition of the disaster of 1879 is inevitable. Barley is the only cereal up to the average ; wheat is under the average, and oats are much below ; beans .are very bad, and roots are below the average. The Volunteer Review at Edinburgh Park was much marred by heavy rains 40,000 Scotch Volunteers marched past the Queen, some from the remotest islands of Scotland.

LATE EUROPEAN NEWS.

The following items of news cabled to Austialian papers arrived by the Te Auau at the Bluff :—: — London, Sept. 21. The revolutionary feeling is again strongly manifesting itself in Russia. The Government are determined to strongly suppress the disturbance, and a most stringent ukase has been issued by the Czar, imposing severe restraints on the inhabitants ot St. Petersburg. An audacious outrage has been perpetrated at the Kinston suburbs, London. The criminals, who were discovered by the policeman in the act of committing a burglary, resisted him, and one drawing a revolver shot the constable dead. He then with his companion made his escape. A terrible gale has been experienced in the Baltic, which h.is caused great damage among the shipping. Intelligence already received reports that no less than 30 ships were lost, and a number of sailors were drowned. A very .strong republican spirit is being evinced in Spain, and at the recent general election anumber of deputies representing this feeling were returned to the Cortes. Much excitement has been occasioned at Madrid by the refusal of many of these deputies to subscube to the oath of fealty to the King and allegiance to the existing constitution. It is thought Ireland has been quieter since the passing of the Irish Land Bill. Ou ti ages are occasionally occurring. Disturbances have occurred in the Pun|aub, the most northerly province of India. Raids have been made by some unsettled mountain tubes, and it has been found necessary to despatch an expedition against them. A \ lolcut storm has raged on the northeast coast of England, and has done much damage. The fine breakwater at the mouth of the Tyne, on which river is the gie,it shipping poitof Newcastle, was extenbively injured by the force of the \\<i\es. A iiiot.t dosti uctive tornado ha* taken place in Illinois, United States. The storm ra<rcd with fearful violence, and its com.se was marked by the deduction of all that lay m its path. Several persons were killed, and the damage to property was extensive. The town Jereinan, a seaport on the island of Hayti, ou its south-west peniaular, twenty miles west of the Port dv Piince, has been almost destroyed by fire. The loss in estimated at 000,000 dollars. A difficulty is already experienced by the Transvaal Republic in dealing with the native*, and werious complications are feared. The Swazish, one of the most powerful tribes, have made a number of raids into the Transvaal territory, and openly express their defiance of the Boers. Cholera has made its appearance among- the Mussulmen pilgrims flocking to the Sacred City of Mf caa, Arabia. The difce.ibe is causing fearful ravages. Hanlan has finally decided to accept the challenge of Wallace Ross — a match for rowing- for the championship. The contest which will probably take place at Toronto, will bo held on the Ist of November. Goneial Arthur, aftor taking the formal oath of office, delivered an address, in the couise of which he pledged himself to follow the courts which President Garfield had nnnounced in his message to Congress of March last. President Arthur has invited all membpr.s of the Cabinet selected by the late Presieent to continue in office. The French Government rocopnise the increasing gravity of the situation in Tunis where the native revolt is rapidly apreadinpf and have given oiders for the despatch of ldrire reinforcements. Forces numbering- 26,000 tioops, including' a larpe proportion of (uvalry, have embarked at Toulon for service in North Africa. London, September 27. Several newspapers published at > v t. Louis — one of the principal cities of the United States — gives currency to a report that the American Fenian organisation has recruited a filibustering force of 300 men, with|the avowed intention of making: a raid upon Freeraantle, the chief port of West Australia, pnd plundering- the settlement. Another object of the expedition, which it is said has already sailed from San Francisco, is to release prisoners confined in penal convict establishments at Freemantle. The 'St. Louis papers are dubious as to the correctness of the rumours.

It is said that the French Government is endeavouring- to purchase such of the masterpieces of Rosa Bonheur as now find

a place in English galleries. The new pure cash system now being initiated by G. and C. will certainly prove a benefit to the public. It has been a great success in Sydney and Melbourne and when strictly carried out the customer who buys at an establishment where the poods are marked low to ensure a rapid sale must be a great gainer. G. and C. sell their drapery millinery, and clothing atsuch prices for cash as gives the buyoi the advantages of a shareholder in a co-operathe society, without the risk of being called upon to bear aportionofthe loss should the year's business prove unsatisfactory. Garlick and Cramsell will aim to retain the confidence which the public have hitherto shown them, and are determined to give the pure cash system a fair trial ; whether they gain or lose the first year. Country buyers on remitting cash with order will be supplied wish goods at co-operative prices ; just the same as though they made a personal selection. Furnishing goods, such as carpets, floor cloths, bedsteads, bed '3uip and general Louse furniture, the largest portion of wliich is turned out at our own factor}*, will bo marked at the lowest remunerative prices, and a discount of ' five per cent, will bo allowed to those who pay at , the time of purchase. G. &C. having realised ' tbp entire value of their stock during their late cash sale, tho present stock is new and cheaply bought. An inspection is invited.— Qaruck and , Cranwku., City HallFuraUWnjf Arcade Quee^ , street, Auckland