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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXI, Issue 11355, 22 November 1888, Page 2

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(BECEIVED NOV. 22, 2.35 A.M.) DOWNFALL OP A FAMOUS SINGEE. ANOTHER WIN FOB THE" MAOBI FOOTBALLEBS. . (Per Press Association.) New Yobk, November 20. Ilina'dc Muvska, the famous singer, is now an imbecile and in a starving condition in this city. A subscription is being raised to enable her to return to her native country, Oroutia. London, November 20. The Native Football Team beat Cumberland County by two goals and eight tries to nothing. Lord Dunravon has asked what was the nature of the reply sent to Queensland. He considered that if the colonists maintained their right to reject a Governor in whose appointment they did not concur, the result would be separation. Lord Knutsford agreed with this view. He said he was still deliberating upon his ' answer to Sir Thomas Mcllwraith, and would produce the papers connected with the case at a later date. It is' reported that Sir W. C. Bobinson, Governor of South Australia, proceeds to Queensland. Sir G. Berry, 'on behalf of the Australian colonies, has asked M. Berger for -40,000 ft of space at the Paris Exhibition. New Zealand only requires a small portion — about fije hundred feet. Mr Gladstone's amendment, objecting to the withdrawal of the Irish land purchase question, was.rejected by 330 to 240, and a debate upon the Bill, to extend Lord Ashbourne's Act, ended in the measure being read a first time. Cairo, November 20. A force of British infantry have been ordered to Assouan, upon the Nile. BfliildNiNovemher 20. A Bill has been introduced into the Federal Council enabling Germany to borrow sixty millions of marks for the army, navy, and railways. Sydxky, November 21. The Legislative Assembly aro discussing the Premier's motion relative to the appointment of Governors. : The speeches, so far, have been remarkable for their nationalistic tendencies — more so than has ever been heard in an Australian Parliament jjefore. It is lielifiyed jljat ttyp motion will be almost unanimously parried. The German steamer L,ubeck brings news from Samoa to November 12th. On' November Cth Tamasfise h.a<J opngpn^ated 3QOO men in a fort at Point Malinui, and next day the greater part of Mataafa's force assaulted their entrenchment, and after a rough fight they were repulsed with a loss of 18 killed and and 20' or 30 wounded. A number of the latter afterwards died. \]!ariiasqse lost 8 ]tijlfld and ltj woumjsci; Two'of'liis warboat's were engaged, but 'did no damage. The wounded men were attended to by the' surgeons of the English men-of-war. Mataafa's fprcp is now nearly dfjublp tjiaj; of Ta")asese.'s. Qn fhe, Wji and 10th a dvpppipg flre whs kept up, huf noliarmw.us dope 'pn e.ither. sida. 'Whon tUp steamer left the hostile parties were still facing each other, and Mataafa is expected to win. He is building a largo warboat, and the naval fight is expected to take place sl]prtljf. | ' '£\\q Wagga Gold Cup, was won by Dr.um : stick. '■' - ' MijLuquimi;, Noyeinber %\, The rainfall tUis year i» the lowest recorded since 1865. On some stations scrub is used to support the sheep, which are djing by thousands. Bush arcs are burning in all directions.

A woman named Blake recoived a letter asking her to visit a neighbour's house, and when she returned homo she found that during her absence a masked man had bound, gagged, and criminally assaulted her daughter, a girl of 17. The house had been ransacked and a quantity of jewellery stolen. The ruffinn has not been captured yet. Rumours are rife of the imminont collapse of the land boom. It is asserted that the bills of several largo speculators and syndicates are not negotiable, and' there . is-^n feeling of considerable uneasiness in commercial circles. The shares of several banks and • finanoial - companies have undergone a slight decline owing to holders being obliged to realise. Perth, November 20. A nuggot of pure gold, weighing 108 bzsi has been found atl'ilburra. London, November 2 1 ?. Consols,' 100$. The Bank rate of discount is 5 per cent., and the market rate 3J. Australian frozen mutton is steady at, last quotations, and prime Now Zealand mutton '4Jd. . ''','' Tin, £101 10s ; copper, £88 Cs per ton i' galvanised iron, Orb brand, £17.