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Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2640, 13 June 1889, Page 2

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(nv ELKCTKIO XIiUiGKAHi —COPYRIGHT.) London, June 12. Tub Shah of Persia was cordiaily received by the Emperor at Berlin,

The Czar has warned- the Shall that he will invade his territory if concessions injurious to Russia are made to England. A secret convention is said to have oeen signed by the two monarchs. Mr Gl-idstone addressed a meeting at Torquay. He said the Tiines-Parnell Commission would cost the country hundreds of thousands of pounds. He condemned the delay of the Commission in making their report. The Prince and Princess of Wales have ascended the Eiffel Tower. Prince Albert Victor will pass the winter in India. Captain R. Woodward, of H.M.s. Duke of Wellington, lias been arrested for not producing Thomson, the seaman wrongfully sentenced for desertion from the Calliope. The Cologne Gazette states that the Czar warned the Shah of Persia that if lie made more concessions to England unfavourable to Russia, it was possible <a hundred thousand bayonets would cross the Persian frontier. June 11, The personalty of the Duchess of Cambridge has been sworn at £100,000. Lord Harris is suffering from an attack of diphtheria. In the arbitration case before the Jockey Club with reference to the long-standing dispute between Sir Geo. Chetwynd and the Earl of Durham, the former stated that he was positive the alleged jockey ring never had any existence. He admitted purchasing some of Charles Woods (the jockey's) horses, the price to be contingent on the horses' winnings. Athens, June 11. Peace has been restored between the Mahomedan and European residents of the island of Crete.