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Waikato Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 2758, 18 March 1890, Page 2

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- (jIV KLKOTRIO TELEGRAPH,—COPYRIGHT.) i j London, March 13. SJSVERA l Tory societies are promoting votes of censure on Lord Randolph Churchill for his speech on the Parnell Commission on 11th inst. Mr Charles Scott, British representative at Berne, lias been selected, along with Sir J. Gorst, Messrs Holdsworth, Burnett, and Dale, to represent England at the Berlin; Labour Conference. Sir James Fergusson, replying to a question in the House of Commons to-day, stated that, the Government expected an early settlement of the .Newfoundland fisheries dispute. ■ ■. . ; London, March 15. The Glen rock Company have decided to re-form, with a capital of £315,000, and propose to absorb the Premier Goldmining Company of New Zealand. The explosion at the. Aorfa colliery, resulting in a large loss of life, was caused by a, miner firing a shot without permission. The discovery has caused a great sensation. '■ - ! < Beeun, March 15. Count Berlegb, Russian Minister of Commerce, has, been elected President of the Berlin Labour Conference, and it is hoped' that the result of discussion will result in advantage to the labouring class Lima, March 13./ The Indians attacked and sacked the town of Huauta, murdering 100 of the residents. New York. March 13. Heavy floods have been experienced in the Mississippi River, and in consequence thousands of cattle were drowned. Arkansas was inundated to a depth of two feet. March 15 During the Mississippi flood the river was 40 miles wide at Memphis, in Tennessee. The flood is now decreasing. The American dynamite cruiser Vesuvius has been subjected *to a trial trip with excellent results. Paris, March 13. A Frenchman out walking crossed the German frontier Ime near Belfort, and was arrested by the German rangers on a charge of poaching. After being handcuffed the prisoner was dragged to Mulhausen, a town in Elsass-Lothringen, Germany. Owing to the Senate refusing an order of the day respecting ' the Franco-Turkish Treaty of Commerce, all the members of the Cabinet have tendered their resignations, but at the request of the President, M. Carnot, M. Tirard, the Premier, has agreed to remain in office until Easter. March 15. M. Tirard, Premier, has decided to resign office, and M. de Freycinet has undertaken the task of forming a new Ministey.