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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2947, 4 June 1891, Page 3

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(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH —COI'VRICIIT.) London, Juno 1. TllK House of Commons has reported the Irish Land I'urcha-c Hill with l.'j pages of amendments, The export to the Australasian colonies is brisker than it has been for years, ami the (lock shells are choke.l with goods. The lU'gregate tonnage in London waiting for cargoes is S,0n()0. The Imperial (ioveriiniont has assured the Newfoundland Government that 'hey will establish Courts to administer .the treaties, and will abstain from piecemeal legislation, The Times states that the contingent of the Victorian Mounted Rilbs lias win golden opinions by their discipline and smart work. They havo been specially invited to assist in the ceremony of trooping the colours. June 2. Her Majesty the Queen is now at Halmoral. Most of her domestics are sullering from inllucnza. Nine thousand Kast-cnd tailors have Htruck. Middlesex C.C. defeated Notts in one innings with .'>7 runs to spare. Ferris in all took eleven wickets for 32 runs. Buenos Aykks, May 31. A renewed financial crisis lias taken place here. In consequence of the financial panic, there has been another run on the banks. Gold is at a premium of .'i'J.'i. Alcikks, May 31. Algeria has been visited by a serious locust plague, and everything green lias bacn eaten up. Paris, June 1. Letters have been discovered which prove that M Turpin, the inventor of melinite, had offered to sell the secret of his invention to the German Govern mont before he offered it to Sir VV. Armstrong and Co. The Paris bondholders in the Panama Canal have resolved to urge the French Government to use its inllueucc and assist in completing the work. The Chamber of Deputies has decided to admit r\w hides free. Ottawa, June 2. Sir J. Macdonald is in a comatose state. St. PicTKRKUciMi, June 2. The police arc making doinicilary visits in search of suspected persons. Yokohama, June 2. The policeman who wounded the Czarewitch has been sentenced to penal servitude for life. Odessa, June 1. The English and German; syndicates have purchased all the available corn supply here. The Portuguese authorities in Massik#ase have ordered all Europeans except Portuguese to quit the country, Rio uk Janeiro, June 1. Marshal Fonseca, Chief of the ProTisional Government of the Republic, is seriously ill, and his condition is such as to cause grave anxiety to his friends. Calcutta, June 1. There is much sickness among the troops in Manipur. Forty deaths have occurred in a detachment of the OOtli Rifles, numbering only 200. A large number of decorations have been bestowed on Lieut. Grant's batallion in recognition of their gallant behaviour aftor the massacre at Manipur. Lieut. Grant himself will be promoted.