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Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2586, 7 February 1889, Page 2

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♦ [By Electric Tklkcuaph—Coi'Yuight.] London - , February 4. l<\vrin:ii McFaddkx was arrested after celebrating Mass at Gwecdore. The congregation resisted desperately, and Police - Inspector Martin was killed. The doctors certify that Prince Rudolph committed suicide. Archduke Charles has renounced the succession in favour of his eldest son Francis. Mr Balfour, speaking at Dublin, said crime had greatly decreased under the present administration. Drainage and railway extensions would shortly he proceeded with. Mr Plimsoll is organising a protest against coercion in Ireland. It is said the new Panama Canal Company has met with no support. London, February 5. Fourteen persons were killed and fifty injured by a railway accident near Brussels. The French Tribunal has dissolved the Panama Canal Company and authorises its powers to be transferred to a new company. The Czar is to visit Berlin escorted by 1G war vessels. Mr Morley does not support the eight hours' system. Count Tolstoi's scheme for communal reform in Russia lias been rejected by the Council of the Empire. Bidding at the wool sales is spirited. The steamer Nereid and ship Killochan, from Lyttelton, collided off Dungeness. Both sank and 24 lives in all were lost. Sir A. Clarke protests against a large expenditure on London defences. He insists the navy is the real defence of the Empire. The Maori team defeated Midland Counties by one goal and three tries