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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 3016, 12 November 1891, Page 3

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(DY ILKCTRIC TKLBGRArH— COPYRIGHT). London, November 9. Thk cliim of Crosswell, of Sydney, to the Tichbornc estate, is exciting much interest in England Unless the; emblem of" Faith, Hope, and Charity," above the initiale R.D.T., are on the left forearm, it is considered that it will be impossible to establish his identity. It is reported that Mr Robert Giffen, Secretary of the Commercial Department and Controller of Returns of the Board of Trade, who is visiting the colonies to attend a meeting of the Association for tho Advancement of Science, will make itiquiries into the financial condition of the colonies, and submit a report to the Chancellor of the Exchequer before tho latter legislates on the question of investment of trust funds in colonial stocks, November 10. A leading member of the English bar has been retained on behalf of the ..•Due D'Orleans in the Melba divorce suit. The Kent County cricket authorities decline to arrange matches with the Australians for next year until the Marylebone Club has been consulted. Romk, November 9. The tomb of the morganatic wife of the late King Victor Emmanuel has been surreptitiously entered, the coffiu burnt, and the remains desecrated. An agitation is on foot in Rome to subject the Pope to the common law. St. Petkrshcro, November 9. The Russian Black Sei fleet is undor orders to mobilise at Constantinople. Calchtta, November 9. During a cyclone the steamer Enterprise was sunk in Port Blair Harbour, on the east side of South Andaman Island, Bay of Bengal. Seventy-seven persons were drowned. Paris, November 10. The French Senate has passed a Bill forbidding the employment of children under thirteen.