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Waikato Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 2506, 2 August 1888, Page 2

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[By Electric Telegraph—CopmiaHT.] London, July 30 The recent eruptions in Java destroyed a thousand lives. The Pope is ill with liver complaint. Paris is to be lighted by electricity. Mrs Gordon Baillie's trial will take place next session. The Emperor William lias visited ihe Kin« of Denmark. Major Barttelot and Tippo Tib have gone in search of Stanley w;ith 900 men. A memorial of the late Right Hon. W. E. Foster has been erected in Westminster Abbey. The Governor of Kieff fell down dead whilst reviewing the troops during the Christianity celebrations. Mr Manton, of Sligo, has been sentenced to four months' imprisonment for publishing boycotting notices, The Duke of Aosta's betrothal to his niece, Princess Letitia of Savoy, is causing a great scandal. k The Pope's dispensation for the marriage is condemned. Two boycotted farmers at Listowel and Kanturk have been brutally murdered by masked men in broad daylight. July 31. Surrey continued its first innings against the Australian eleven today, and all were out for 135. It is reported that the shipping ring is coming to terms with the Australian Mutual Shippers' Association. Ottawa, July 31. Canadian grain estimates made an allowance of 15,000,000 bushels i for export, being a fourth above last year's export.