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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 2962, 9 July 1891, Page 3

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(IIY ELKCTIUC TKLKCIUMI.— COI'YUIGHT.) LoM'o.v, July (J. The Daily Chronicle considers that the New tfouth Wales elections are tho most striking political phenomena of the year. The result has shown that Australian workmen am hostile to entangling the country in the foreign politics of Great Britain. The .scheme put forward by Mr Charles Mitchell, of Armstrong, Mitchell and Co , the famous iron manufacturers, for working iron deposits in New South Wnlts, is suspended, pending the action of the new Parliament towards the liecal and federal policy. The intending inves torn are favourable to Protection, because they believe it will ensure tho success of the undertaking, July 7. There is still no improve-nent in the condition of the Rev. C. H. Spurgeou. The Tabernacle is crowded daily, and special prayers are offered for hie recovery. During the banquet at Windsor in honour of the marriage of Princess Louise, a watcrpipe burst in the dining room, Quotations for the Colonial Shipping Company's shares are unchanged. A*« The returns for the United Kingdom ior the month of June show that there was an increase of £392,400 in imports, and a decreaee of £98,400 in exports. The Anglo-Chinese commercial treaty remains in force for a decade. Mr do Cnbaiu, M.P. for tho Kastcrn Division of Belfast, against whom serious criminal charges have been preferred, will bo expelled from the House of Commons on the '23rt\ inat., unless he attends to refute the charges. The marriage of the Princess Louise of Schleswig-Holstein (granddaughter of the Queen) with Prince Ariburt of Aohalt was celebrated to-day. Tho ceremony was a very brilliant one. Tho Queen has conferred the Grand Cross of the Bath upon Prince Aribert of Auhalt. Her Majesty the Queen and the Prince of Wales sent messages of condolence to Mr Gladstone, who has lost his eldest eon, The Knglish Press generally make sympathetic reference to the ex-Premier's loss. The labourers employed in the corn trade at Dublin have struck, and the men on the Grautl Canal have followed their example out of sympathy. At Carlow, where tho rival factions are carrying out a vigorous electioneering campaign, Mr Paruell has been assaulted by the mob, and " Kitty O'Shea" burnt in etligy. Part*, July 6. The French Cabinet has made overtures to tho Swiss Federal Government for a commercial tteaty between the two countries, provided the latter renounces its connection with the German Zollverein and the Triple Alliance. The Government has voted a million francs for the purpose of bringing buck distressed emigrants from the Argentine. St. Pktkksispiui, July 7. A waterspout broke over Jelutcriualow, causing considerable lo&s of life and property. Sixty-oine persons are known to have been drowned, and 150 houses have been destroyed. Lisi;on', July 0. Tho Portuguese Government propose to withdraw from the banks at Opnrto, where the recent revolution took place, the power to issue notea during stringency. IkoilAKK.sT, July 6. The report that the Crown Prince ie betrothed to Miss Vnresco is ofUcially declared to be a complete invention, and to have no foundation in fact. CoSSTANTIS'OI'LK, July G. The Porto has rejected a scheme for the conversion of the Ottoman debt. Teheran, July G. The Turkish Ambassador at Teheran declared that the girl abducted by Khurds bocame a Mahommedan in 1889. The girl's relatives deny the statement. Madras, July 6.

Rain has Mien generally throughout Madras, ami hopes arc entertained that the threatened famine may be averted. C.UXTTTA, July (j. The R'lld ami Nag-i tribes on the borders of Miiiiipur, aro raiding each other. New Yoiik, July 6. Severe hailstorms have been expericucod in Dakota, lowa, Nebraska and Missouri, doing enormous damage to crops. A bridge on the Michigan Railway Hue at Charleston collapsed while a train was crossing it, ami It persona were killed nud 50 aeriouMy injured. Mr J. O. Blaine is seriouly ill. He is eufTuring from softuniug of the brain. PiUHNos Ayhks, July 4. The revenue of the. Argentine Republic for last year was "!) million dollars in sjold and 2(5 million dollars in paper. Tho expenditure was ]4 million dollars in gold and 3.) million dollars in paper. The Government propose a further issue of paper money to the extent of 23 million dollars.