HOME AND FOREIGN.
RAILWAYS IN CHINA. Hongkong, September 2. Railway construction in China is advancing. Tenders have been received for a line to connect Tchang Kueng with Pekin. THE ORDER OF THE BLACK EAGLE. London, September 2. The Emperor of Germany has conferred the Order of the Black Eagle upon Prince George of Wales. MR. GLADSTONE.' London, September 2. Mr. Gladstone will shortly pay a visit to the Continent. THE GERMAN ARMY. Berlin, September 3. _ The Post states that it is the intention of the Reichstag to create two new army corps. NEW SOUTH WALES FINANCES, London, September 2. The New South Wales Government have invested £1,000,000 worth of Treasury bills. PUGILISM. London, September 2. A match is being arranged between Slavin and Goode, pugilists. GENERAL BOULANGER. London, September 2. It is rumoured that Boulanger intends to surrender himself to the French Government. THE WOLSELEY SHEARING MACHINE. London, September 2. Wolseley, the inventor of the shearing machine, is arranging to float his patent into a company, with a capital of £350,000. WILLS, THE EXPLORER. London, September 2. The friends of the father of Wills, the explorer, prefer that lie should receive a grant of £500, instead of an annuity, as proposed.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 9461, 4 September 1889, Page 5
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