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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 2964, 14 July 1891, Page 3

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(IIV F.LKI.'TItIC TKI.KCH.U'H.— COi'VP.ICHT.) London, July 11. TliK Hon. A. J. Balfour is engaged on am;l>t:mi! of crlncation for Ireland. The (risli Land Purchase Hill has passed through the House of Lords. Mr (ioschen, speaking in the House of Commons on Uil- ijucstion ot the. rehabilitation, of the coinage of the. realm, said that, according to the estimate of Mr liiffen, financial expert, of the seventy* three million pounds' worth of gold in circulation thirty-one were light. He intimated his inleution of asking a vote of 000.000 for the purpose of re-coining light pieces. The Times, Standard, Advertiser, 1. .James' (Jnzette, and Globe call the Carlow election a Pupal victory, and denounce the returning power of the priesthood. Wilkinson, who has confessed to having taken part in the thuft of the. Countess of Dudley's jewels, in 187* says he received £2000 for hiH share. Three men were concerned in it. I\\kis, July 11. The crops have been improving the last week or so. A petition hua been presented to both the Senate aud the Chamber of Deputies, urging members to induce thu Credit l'"oneier, of Paris, to step in and save the collapse of the Panama Canal scheme. St. I'liTKiiMiuwi, July 11. The authorities of Kazan, a government of European Russia, are supplying provisions to 40,000 Russians who are alleged to be in a starving condition owing to the failure of the grain crops. The harvest operations at Odessa have begun, and the yield is much better than anticipated.

VIKN'NA, July !). The Austrian Lloyds find themselves in such a position that they can only avoid insolvency by asking a subsidy of .3,000,000 florins, "and submitting the management in return to Government control. Nkw York, July 11. Autopsies of tho bodies of the murderers recently executed by electricity reveal the absence of burns. Washington, July 11. An English syndicate propose to construct a canal to connect Chicago with the east coast, and thus form a continuous waterway to England. The Groat Lakes will be utilised en route. A million sterling has already been subscribed, and teu suitable steamers are being built. The Farmers' Alliance at Chicago is urging farmers to keep back their grain and ruin the ■' bears." They suggest 1 dollar 35 cents per bushel should be the minimum price accepted by members for ♦heir crops. Ottawa, July !). An asylum for the dcat mutes in Montreal has been destroyed by n're. A Sister of Mercy is reported to have acted heroically, and was the means of saving l<3o patients by lowering them from windows and down the spouting. Valparaiso, July 10. The Government troops advancing on Huasco have been defeated.