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Thames Advertiser, Volume XX, Issue 6156, 25 July 1888, Page 2

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i- , e [PRESS ASSOCIATION.,, '8 THE SUGAR BOUNTIES. 1 London, July 21. Germany accepts the Sugar Bounties ; ' Convention. d DEATH OF A NOVELIST. T The death is announced of B, P. Roe, e the American novelist. ll EDISON'S PHONOGRAPH. .e Edison has sold the patent rights of his perfected phonograph for a million j e dollars. a REWARDING THE POLICE. London, July 20. . ■e Three hundred pounds have been A divided between the members of the te police force as a reward for capturing " Callan and Harkins, the dynamiters. a EARTHQUAKE SHOCK. d A smart shock of earthquake was y felt in many parts of Scotland last night. BISHOP COWIE'S BOOK. i, Bishop Cowie, of Auckland, is publishing a book giving his experiences of mission work in New Zealand. £ CORRUPTION IN HIGH PLACES, t- Bombay, July 21. ;° Arthur Crawford, a high official in ■° this city, has been arrested on charges , e of bribery and corruption, is THE DIRECT STEAMERS. 3t ■ Rio Janeiro, July 20. Arrived : The Tongariro, from New :e Zealand. Cargo of frozen meat is in good condition, ie Capetown. July 21. '" Sailed : The Ruapehu. is COLONIAL BORROWING. ; 8 London, July 22. f \Tho Statist, in an article on colonial 2 finance, says the colonies are borrowing I too fi'epjy, and deprecates the eager- -- ness of jiiyqstQHj fo tender, especially in '• of New Zealand Joans, » A SIGN OP THE TIMES. in At the annual meeting of the Cobden 16 Club, Sir James Picton, in the course of a " a speech, said the tendency to think !Q tint Freetrado had been carried too far S was increasing, and that there was r- need of a corrective against cheap imid portations. He suggested that Iho )k diflioulty might be counteracted by m >/ introduction of the co-operative system c : of sharing pratttß. At tllP spie meetS iu, a paper was read predicting tuo jo speedy triumph of Fairtrade. t", r TASMANIAN TARIFF. lio HouAiiT, July 23. to e The Houso of Representatives has ° 0 ; passed the Tariff Bill by ft ewrw majority,