ENGLAND.
(Received Juno 1, 12.30 p.m.H- "■'■'■- London; May 31. ' . The French have taken possession of the Minquiere, a mass of uninhabited/ rocks between the Jersey coast an'dT •France, which hitherto have been regarded as belonging to Jersey., The Imperial Government protested against •'• the /an-,~ nexation, and the French Government' replied that they were astonished at Engi laud's claim. "'..','"' ''.?
Mr Henniker Heaton, in a letter to 2%e. 2'imes, states that by forcing the colonies i* ■ to co-operate with the ' Chinese, \Lor£ .. Knutstord. is -creating an Australian United States. Ho considers it.wonld be ; better for England to give Ihe .colonies V a voice in the troatiei which affebi Jiheir interests. . ' '. . , , . ... •■
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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 8069, 2 June 1888, Page 2
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108ENGLAND. Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 8069, 2 June 1888, Page 2
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