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Waikato Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 2546, 3 November 1888, Page 2

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(BY KI.KCTIUC THMifiHAI'H — COI'YHIOHT.) London, October :2!>. Mr J. J. O'Kelly, M.P. for Eoscommon, lias had his sentence reduced liy the Higher Court, to two months' imprisonment. A train containing the Czar and Czarina w.ts thrown off the rails, but the passengers escaped uninjured. London, October 31. reported death is discredited. Thirteen whalers are ice-bound on the Alaska Coast. Earl Carnarvon, in a recent speech, eulogised the energy and character of the colonies. The Emperor William of Germany has administered a sharp rebuke to the press for referring to the private doings of the Imperial family. The Suez Canal Convention has been signed by all the Powers. The Lord Mayor of London lias been knighted. November 1. Cardinal Newman is suffering from great debility. The Canadian Pacific Railway Company, pending result of appeal to the Supreme Court has obtained an injunction to prevent the Red River Railway crossing their line. Dr. Pale writing in the Contemporary Review, gives his impressions of Australian residents. The people of Victoria, lie says, are resolute and daring ; those of South Australia, thoughtful and persisent ; while Now South Welshmen, though exhibiting cordiality, are selfish in nature. Obituary — Augustus Gregory, formerly Surveyor-General of Queensland. Lord Roseberry, speaking at Edinburgh, said the difficulty of arranging Imperial federation was small, compared with that of achieving union with such countries as Germany and America. Six thousand two hundred quarters of Australian wheat, August shipment, have been sold at 425.

Mr Goschcn, Chancellor of the Exchequer, in a.speech at Aberdeen, said that if the demands of the Irish party wore agreed to, it would bo equivalent to placing Ireland in the same relation to the Empire, as the colonies hold. H.M.S. Amphion has been ordered to the Pacific station. Paws, November ]. The Revision Committee by a majority of six to one, has declared a revision of the French Constitution necessary.