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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 2969, 25 July 1891, Page 3

CABLE SUMMARY.

- - ♦ - (r.v rt.rrnnc ri:i.i:i:n.\rn.— roi'vmoiir.) .iui\ ~'j Is Lin; lilii'l act.irn 1 >i<«uuht l>y Mr 1> ■Sexton, M l'., tigi:»il Ih: Scotsman, a verdict was returned for the defendant newspaper. A umtinv li.ii taken pi ice in tin? second battalion "of tin' Col-M'e im Guards. Ii ritated liy iue-ssant drill, two companies refused to pinule, and ten moil were imprisoned for three days. Upon I his, the others atfain r> !u-r:! to serve drill nn'eiH their comrade< weic reie.ued, and in the end tho an thonties capitulated. July 20. It is alleged that the facts regarding the mutiny among the Coldstream (jnards have been much e>aggeralod. England won the Kolhipon: Cup -it Bisley, defeating the Canadian t- an) by seven points. The \ ictorians did not compete. Xi-;w York, .Inly "'2. Two thousand armed miners compelled the convicts working in Tennessee and Knoxviilu coal and iron mines, to withdraw from the district, notwithstanding they were, guarded by H O militia moil The (iovenmient of Teniu ssee has summoned the entile State militia with artillery and (latling guns for the purpose of maintaining law and order. A Russian broker here, has purchased three thousand acres of land at Hulberton, in New .Jersey, wheieon lie proposes to establish a colony of Russian refugees. News from Valparaiso says that the insurgents have recently obtained 10,000 riHca and a million cartridges. Y.\Li'AiiAiso, July 22. The insurgent cavalry at. Fluaseo were defeated by the Government troops. Fully li) 0 were killed outright, and To taken prisoners. Ottawa, .Inly 22 The Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee is eliciting startling evidence of bribery and conuption among inspectors ot Government conhacts Tkiii:k\n, .fuly '21. The Shall of Perria has tent on ultimatum demanding the surrender ot' Mii-S (! recti field. Siikz, July 22. Cholera, is prevalent at Mecca, and on Sunday HGO deaths were reported. St. Petf.ksiutkc, July 23. Tlio officials at Cronstradt are endeavouring to arrange a national reception for the French Squadron, equal to that extended to the German Emperor ill England. Bkklin. July 23. Gales and floods have done immense damage in Germany. Washington, July 2,". The miners of Knoxville threaten to exterminate the militia unless they are overpowered by the troops who are advancing. The difficulty is by no weans settled yet. Capi town, July 22. Explorers in Mashnnahind believe that tlicy have discovered historical remains and pottery of Plnenlcinn origin. The Haul; Dill has passed the Cape .Parliament, establishing a guaranteed rate of currency against Government stocks.