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Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2585, 5 February 1889, Page 2

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[I'iY Electric Tf.i.kuiai'k— Copyright. 1 London, February 'J. Tin? American Senate passed a vote of .£20,000 for improvement of Pango-pango harbour. The debate was decidedly bellicose to Germany. Father McFadden has not yet been arrested. Air O'Brien desperately resisted the putting on of prison garb. He was forcibly stripped and shaved. Air Gosehen says one main question for next session is local Government for Scotland. Piince Alexander has resigned his command in the German Army, and will join the Austrian Army. Lord Brassey advocates the addition of several ironclads and cruisers to the British Navy. Admiral Hornby says England requires three hundred fast cruisers to protect her commerce, and act as scouts. The German Emin Bey expedition v.'iil leave at once for Zanzibar. Lord Stanley, Governor-General of Canada, urges the establishment of a line of direct steamers to Australia. Sir 11. McKenzie has been censured by the lloyal College of Physicians for publishing his book. Archbishop Redwood has had an audience with the Pope. Thousands of ladies signed a protest against Sir 0. Pilko's nomination to the County Council. "Woollen manufacturers are urging the Government to increase the duty 011 imported goods. The Senate has finally rejected the proposal to raise American Ministers in Europe to the status of Ambassadors. Nows from Annam states that the son of the dead King, a boy ton years old, has been elected Iving. and a Regency formed. Three hundred Cossacks will be sent to reinforce Atchiaolf at Taj urah Bay.