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Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2572, 5 January 1889, Page 2

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[HV EI.KCTUIC TELEGRAPH—COPYRIGHT.] London, January 1. A Soudanese refugee has offered to restore Gordon's clothes and papers, which were concealed at Berber, where the local tribes are friendly.

£20,0U0,000 has been guaranteed the Panama Canal Co. by the bondholders.

Lectors from Stanley are expected in England in March. Mr "" Harrington, M.P., has been sentenced to six months' imprisor.-

menc. The riot and massacre at Mexico turns out to be a hoax, which was % accepted and wired by correspondents without due precaution. The victim of the Bradford murjSfor.was rumeij GFByTand "this'gave rise to the supposition at the inquest that the child was a girl. The mental depression of the - Czarina is increasing. The copper syndicate control 150,000 tons, which have absorbed twelve millions of capital. Sir William Gull has been seriously ill, but is recovering. The Primrose League numbers 800,000 members, and still increataiug. Mr Gladstone intends to pay a friendly visit to the Pope. A man named Schloops, in Philadelphia, murdered and dissected a boarder because of his gluttony, Messrs Sheehan and Finucane, M.P.s, have been sentenced to imprisonment for conspiracy. The Maori team were defeated by Bradford by a goal and a try to a try. JariUaryS. Sir Herbert Bruce v Sandfor-'d, Messrs K. T. Bachel,, £id Roger T. Goldsworthy, C.M.JS., --formerly Colonial Secretary of W&tern Australia and new Honduras, have been created _ Knights of St. Michael and St. George. Naval Relief crews have been ordered for H. M.S. Royalist, Opal, Raven, Dart, and Orlando now on the Australian station. Berlin, January 3. Emperor William has conferred the order of the Black Eagle on Herr von Puttkamer, formerly vice-Presi-dent of the Prussian Council, and Minister of the Interior. San Francisco, January 2. The total eclipse of the sun yesterday was well observed at the Californian stations. The intermercurial planet was not seen.