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It is stated that 1110,000 workmen are affected by the Bounty System, about which a demonstration is being arranged in London.—The advance in the bank rate was caused by the prospect of a gold shipment to America. The German brandy ring has collapsed.—Professor Leoni Levi will read a paper on protection in Australia before the British Association now sitting in Manchester. —Sir Henry Holland denies that the Xew South Wales Government ever made an offer of laud for enlisting missionaries to undertake the civilisation of the natives. —Renewed attacks have been made on British fishermen at Ostend. —The Crown Prince of Germany has returned to Berlin. His general health is excellent, but a return of the growth in the throat is not improbable.—Gaudaur is waiting the result of the Beach-Hanlan contest, when he will challenge the winner.—Sir Hereward Wake has made an offer to exterminate rabbits in Australia, payment to depend on results. —In a glove fight for £IOO between Goode and Lees, the latter was defeated.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 2365, 6 September 1887, Page 2
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170LATE ENGLISH ITEMS. Waikato Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 2365, 6 September 1887, Page 2
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