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Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1837, 15 April 1884, Page 3

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London, April 11. Tklegruis to hand from Cuba announce that a formidable rising has occurred there under Agners, a welliuiorti) tillilmster. The Cuban authoiities have asked the Spanish Government to despatch a btrong foice of troops, with a view to quell the lebo'lion, which threatens to assume soibus pioportions. Obituaiy : Cluik-s Eeade, D.0.L., well-known novelist and dianutist, aged 70. The Dominion P.uH.uncnt has disallowed the Bill passed by the British Columbia Legislature foi the exclusion of China.

London', April 12, morning. The cargo of f lowii mutton, tompmiug about 8000 eai casts, on bo.ud tiio steamship Bonibiy, fioni "'VeHington, lias arrived in jjood condition. The quantity placed on them aiket to day lealiscd (3d per lb. A Press Association despatch states :— The meat, ex (J.uonne, is spotted, air! is only lealismg 4VI to 6d per lb. Bishop Linton, of Ilheima, is endea\ounngto raise a fund of £4000 for the support of his diocese. Three cargoes of Australian wheat have been sold for delnciyin London, Liverpool, and Sundeilaud icspectively, at 41s. New Zealand wlie.it, long berried, is being sold in .stoic at 435. Mr M tin ay Smith, Agfiit-Gcnei.il for Victona, will gi\e a banquet to Sii Henry Loch, the new Gosetnoi, on May 1.

Hum; Kom;, April 11. Intelligence h.ts been leceived heie of ;i sorious cnsisat PeUin. i'liim Kung, the tiistycrretaiy of State, and four of hih colleagues, Prixj Councillois, have been publicly degraded by the Emperor for tlieir dilatoiinessm ooiiutction with the ToiKjuin question.

London", April 2. Special pilot igr latcs on the Sue/, Cui.il liavi- been abolished. This is the ihht concession iti.ir.tud to English shipowneis, the result of the recent convention between them and Lesscps. Blight i& malting it appearance in the Kentish hop fields. Apiil 4. In the House of Commons yesteiday the .M.uquia of Hartington, Foieign Secretary, made a statement denying that Major Geneial (Joidon was in peul in Khaitoum, or that he has asked foi succour. He added that Majoi-Ciencial Goidon was in a position to letiic whenever necessity should at isc. Dm ing the debate Mi (Gladstone made an animated and indignant repl.y to an attack of Sir tttaflbic Northcotu on the Egyptian policy of the Cabinet. Apiil 7. A Ministeiial ciisis is imminent in Egypt. Kubai Pasha, the lecently appointed I'iemier, is leportod to be dia gubted with the anoganee displayed by Mi Chfloid Lloyd, one of the English officials, and intends to lc&igu liis posi tiou. The PiemieraKo holds the portfolio ot Minister of Foieign Afiaus and Justice. Apiil 8. General Graham, who recently led British ttoops .successfully against lebcls in the neighbourhood of Tokar and Souakim, is now atCaiio. It is in mou red that Mr Childeis, the Chancellot of the Exchrquei, intends to propose tl at all bankeis be licensed ; also, to redi cc the value of half bo\cieipns in Older to meet the expenses ot coinage.