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Waikato Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 2805, 5 July 1890, Page 2

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(BY ELECTRIC TBLKORAPH.— COFYRTGHT.) London, July 2. There is a panic about cholera. It is spreading both in Spain and France. Two thousand coal porters at Dublin havo struck owing to the dismissal of unionists. Her Majesty the Queen has "commanded" Madame Melba to sing at Windsor Castle on Friday. It is asserted that a Unionist member of the House of Commons will bo offered the Governorship of Now South Wales if the Marquis of Lothian and Lord Balfour of Burloigh persist in refusing it. Nine thousand visitors, including the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, attended a conversazione at South Kensington in celebration of tho Penny Postal Jubilee. Congratulations wore received from all parts of the world. Mr Raikes, Postmaster-General, is uncertain us to the date when the reduced ocean postage rates will come into force. All tho Powers have signed tho Anti-slavery Act drawn up by the Brussels Conference except Holland, which will bo allowed six months' grace. The Earl of Rosebery will unveil the medallion of tke late W. B. Dalley on July 17. The homeward mails via Briudisi had a narrow escape of beiug lost in an a\alanche which overwhelmed the line at Bulloleus. The line was also washed away at Ise.ro, and the pissengers experienced much discomfort. The Directors' Liability Bill has been read a third time in the House of Commons. Two thousand telegraph operators when asked to cheer the Queen hissed and groaned as a protest against the overwork to winch they are subjected. The directors of the Bank of New Zealand are studying Mr Heau's report, and will probably come to a decision in a week. July 3. Burnett's wool-scouring machine has been sold to a Leeds and Bradford syndicate for £4000. The Clyde Shipbuilders have intimated their intention to reduce wages in August. A strike is threatened. BfE.vos Ayres, July 2. The payment of a sum of three millions, British sterling, for the purchase of railways, has checked the panic in Argentine securities, occasioned by the failure of the National Bank to pay its declared dividend. Bank shares have, now recovered. 4old is a premium of 170. Berlin, July 2. The Reichstag has passed the Samoan Consular Bill, and voted the funds necessary to give effect to the provisions of the treaty.