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(nv KI.KCTIUC TELKUBAPH—COPYRIGHT.) Lonjjo:.', July 27. Belcujm has voted 10 million francs for the construction of a railway uniting the Lower with the Upper Congo, for the purposo of enabling traffic to overcome the obstacle at Yelhila Falls. A return presented to Parliament shows that the (iuceu's savings out of tho Civil list amount to a million and a-half, besides her private fortune, which, is derived from legacies and other sources. Mr. Labouclieres' motion relative to lloyal Grants was rejoctod by 390 to 11G. The Parnellites voted with the majority. Tho Prince of Wales' debts are said to amount to ,£900,000. The Yellow J.liver has again burst its banks, causing imuienso loss of life and property. New Zealand hemp, £28 los to £29. The Russian harvest is retarded by cold rains. Tho Times' witnesses in the Parnoil Commission have been paid £40,000.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 2660, 30 July 1889, Page 2
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144CABLE SUMMARY. Waikato Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 2660, 30 July 1889, Page 2
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