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Waikato Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 2770, 15 April 1890, Page 3

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(BT ELKOTRia TELEGRAPH.—COPYRIGHT.) ■ ' "London,' April 13. : The opening, of ,the . new town of Tipperary, occasioned by the evictions from Mr Smith Barry's estate, took place to-day amidst . great enthusiasm. The ceremony was performed by Messrs M. Devitt and O'Brien. ■ The old town of Tipperary ia now practicially deserted. The election for the Carnarvon seat in the/.-House of Commons, caused by the sudden death of Mr Edmund Swetenhami took place today, and resulted in the return of Mr George, Liberal, by a majority of 20 over the Convs'ervative candidate.. , s V( ■, ; The destth is announced of the Right Rev. Edwin Parry, Bishop Suffragan of Dover, and one of the Archdeacons, of Canterbury. Deceased was born at Government House, Sydney, in 1830. By a fire at Rothschild's mansion at Waddesdone, near Aylesbury, Buekinham, a painting by Gainsborough, ' valued at £10,000, was destroyed. Sir C. Hall and Lady Hall have sailed for Australia.' The massacre of two Portuguese officers and 150 native soldiers by the Makololos in February has been confirmed. Lord Deerhurst has offered his creditors 10s in the £ down, and the balance when he succeeds to the title. Berlin, April 13. It is considered here that Stanley is a covert foe and enemy to Germany, and his expedition for the relief ,of Eruin Bey is regarded as a disguise to a huge British scheme of. commercial annexation of the equatorial provinces. April 13. ■ The passport' system in Alsace is to be abolished immediately. Prince Hohenlaihe, Governor of Alsace and Lorraine, is about to retire. Zanzibar, April 12. Dr. Parke declares that the injury received to his eyes by Emin Bey is incurable, and that the cataract will -produce blindness at the expiration of a year. , Pekin, April 12, The Marqius Tseng late Envoy Extraordinay and Minister Plenipotentiary fcom the Court of Pekin to the Court of St. James, died to-day, aged 53. Mozambique, April 12. Local dealers have been forbidden by the Portugese authorities to supply provision to the British warship, St. Petersburg, April 13. , The Russian Government will subsidise the Danubian Steamship Company, , on the condition that their Vessels be available as war-r ships. It is officially stated that the complaints of the students are baseless. In all 130 were expelled. Washington, April 113. The Pan American Conference" has agreed to tho system of rcprocity with the exception of Chili, Paraguay, and the Argentine Republic. The Pan-American Congress has failed to agree on the question of a common silver coinage, which shall be a legal tender for all American nations. : * Rome, April 13. The Pope has despatched Guillembenti to Berlin to assist Von Caprivi in negotiating with the clerical party. At the suggestion of the Kaiser, a letter will shortly be issued advocating a general clisarment. Ottawa, April 1H The Archbishop of Kingston, Ontario, has ordered his priests to refuse the sacrament to parents of children attending the secular schools. Pabis, April 13. The British steamer Tulford has arrived at Bordeaux, with the crew suffering from cholera, which had been contracted in Burmah. Rio Janeiro. April 12. Sailed, yesterday : Ruapehu, for London. Cape Town, April 12. Sailed: Arawa, for New Zealand, via Hobart.