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| 11V EI.KOTHII! TKJ.Kfili.-U'll — CoI'VHIGIIT.] Lonihiv, .I.'iim iry 2fi. \v. O'Buikn", whilst lioin.if trio-1 fit Oarriek-on-Suir (Tii\y), escaped from Court, covered by the crowd, \ serious riot ensued, se.ver.il police being injured unci many of Ihe populace wounll e !. Burglars at Brighton have stolen .V 30,000 worth of jewellery from a nliop. _ Bates, the ericketer, attffopted suicide by cutting his throat. Sir H. Norman spo.iks very hopefully of success as Governor of Queensland. General i>ronsart von Sehellendorf, Prussian Minister of War, has resigned as a protest against the Gerteken prosecution.
M. d<3 Lesseps thinks .£15,000,000 will complete the Panama Canal. General Boulanger denies that he aspires to the dictatorship, and asserts that he will uphold the Republic. The Roumanian Government have been defeated, and is expected to resign. The Canadian Government will suspend the issue of licenses to American fishermen. It is reported that M. Floquet, the French Premier, will shortly resign. The British troops at Suakim have returned to Cairo. The German Liberal Press strongly eppose the East African Company Bill. The German blockade is the cause of the trouble on the Zanzibar Coast. The Rev. Mr Brookes, a Zanzibar missionary, and 1G followers, are reported murdered by Arabs. Obituary : Howard, a member of the well-known firm of implementmakers. Notwithstanding the general desire that Sir if. Robinson should serve another term at the Gape, it is now settled, and he shall leave in April.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2582, 29 January 1889, Page 2
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235CABLE SUMMARY. Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2582, 29 January 1889, Page 2
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