CABLE SUMMARY.
* (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH-COPYRIGHT). London, November 18. Owing to the adverse criticism of the Australian press, the Butter Committee has not fixed a price for this week. The members allege that they have been unfairly treated, and it is understood that they have virtually agreed to disband. The Duke of Bedford advocates the abolition of the hereditary element in the House of Lords. t The Dowager Duchess of Montrose is dead. Paris, November 18. The committee of the Chamber of Deputies favour the vote of 65 million francs in aid of the Madagascar expedition. ' l St. Petersburg, November 18. The marriage of the Czar is fixed for the 23rd instant. Rome, November 17. The band of brigands who attacked and plundered the town of Tortolli, in Sardinia, stole the sum of 200,000 lire (£8000). Shanghai, November 17. General Wei, of the Chinese forces, has been beheaded on a charge of cowardice.
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Waikato Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 3496, 20 November 1894, Page 5
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152CABLE SUMMARY. Waikato Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 3496, 20 November 1894, Page 5
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