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+ London, September 7. Tub French Government lias been compelled to accept General Boulanger's nomination for seats at the coming elections. There is a split in the Cabinet in consequence. England has annexed the Manihiki group. A mutiny is reported on H.M.S. Acorn, at San Francisco. The Canadian Government claim =£200,000 damages for the seizure of sealing vessels in Behrings' Sea. All the entombed men in the Maurice Wood Colliery were suffocated. August 8. The Trades Congress unanimously rejected a motion calling for a return showing how the votes of the separate trades were east upon the eight hours' principle which was rejected last week by a large majority. Lord Scott, who succeeds Admiral Fairfax in command of the Australian station, sails on October 3rd. New Zealand hemp of average quality is quoted at £29 ; tallow mutton, medium quality, 24s 3d ; beef, medium,- 24s 3d. The English wheat market is lifeless, the Continental is steady, while, the American is changing for the worse. New Zealand Shipping Company's shares, £5 ; Shaw, Saville and Albion Company, £o ss. Zanzibar, August 7. Captain Wissmann is about to set out with a force of two thousand men to punish Mpwapa. Paris, August S. Boula/nger's programme is entire Free-trade, abolition of bank monopoly and State aid to industry. These reforms include the colonies with a view to revive navigation. The French vignerons, assisted by the papers, are attacking the Australian vintages.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 2678, 10 September 1889, Page 2
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237CABLE SUMMARY. Waikato Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 2678, 10 September 1889, Page 2
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