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(BY ELKCTKIO TKLKGKAI'H—COI'YRIGTIT.) London, June 15. Tin!UK is a poor demand for New Zealand hemp. Sixteen hundred bales were offered at to-day's auction. Sixty bales only were sold at prices ranging from £20 to .£3l.
The prospects of the harvest in England are very promising. It is expected thnt the yidrl in France will reach the average, but the drought has damaged the 'Russian harvest, and in both Germany and Austria certain parts have been effected by the samp cause.
The Lord Provost of Edinburgh will not attend the ceremony of conferring the freedom of the city on Mr Parnell.
A virulent form of gmallpox is raging among the dervishes encamped near here.
The Lancet, in an article dealing with Australian wines, states that they are rapidly rising to the level of the best samples of French and German wines.
Sullivan, charged with Dr. Cronin's murder, has been liberated on bail of 20,000 dollars.
The Vulcan screw torpedo gunboat, 8 guns, 6,620 tons, was successfully launched at Portsmouth. In consequence of the refusal of the Lord Provost of Edinburgh to attend the ceremony of conferring the freedom of the city on Mr Parnell, the senior magistrate will perform the ceremony.
The race for the Grand Prix of Paris, which was run to-day, resulted as follows:—Vasistas, 1; Pourtant, 2; Aerolithe, 3.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2642, 18 June 1889, Page 2
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222CABLE SUMMARY Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2642, 18 June 1889, Page 2
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