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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 2978, 15 August 1891, Page 3

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(r.Y ELECTRIC TKLEO KAPH. —COPYRIGHT. ) London, August 12. Tim Rev. C. H. Spurgeon has suffered a slight relapse. Sir Holdeu, Home Ruler, was elected for Wal?all by a majority of 538 over Mr James, Unionist. Paris, August 12. The court has confirmed x senteuce by which M. Tnrpin was ordered to pay a fine of £200 anil undergo two years' imprisonment on a charge of selling the secret of his explosive, melinite, to Sir W. Armstrong and Co., England. Owing to a mutilation in the telegram respecting the fire at Toulon, the word forests was changed into fortresses. Five thousand acres of woods are involved in tho conflagration. Bekli.v, August 12. The Emperor is recovering from the effects of his accident, and is able to dispense with the assistance of a stick. Vienna, August 12. Tho woman Schneider, who was arrested with her husband for decoying and murdering servant girls, attempted to commit suicide. Her recovery is hopeless. St. Peteumiscru, August 11. Russia is building two ironclads of eleven thousand tons, in the Baltic. Constantinople, August 12. It is reported that the Sultan will pay the ransom demanded by brigands for the two Frenchmen captured at Omourdoa out of his private purse. August 13. The Sultan has paid the ransom for the release of the Frenchman held by brigands. Capetown, August 12. At a meeting attended by 5000 persons of all classes and creeds, resolutions were passed warmly endorsing ''General" Booth's emigration scheme. Calcutta, August 12. Those connected with the native paper Bungubasti, which published an article " British Rule by Brute Force," have been committed for trial. The Manipuris sentenced to transportation will be exiled to the Andaman Islands. WA.sm.vfiTo.v, August 11. During the year fifty-four million ounces of silver have heen purchased by the State under the new silver law, but even this has failed to maintain prices.