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The Queen ha. assented to Chancellor Goschen's conversion scheme.— Mr Dayers Gray is dead.—The English Liberals generally approve of the Local Government Bill.—British Parliament has adjourned for Easter holi-days.—-British temperance societies and local optionists are organising strong opposition to the licensing proposals set forth in the County Government Bill. —Duke of Sutherland has offered crofters' holding on 20 miles of deer forests.—Sultan of Zanzibar is dead. —Ironclad Nile has been launched at Pembroke.—The inundation caused by the River Elbe was due to the breaking down of the banks of the river.—lnquiry into the conduct of General Boulanger has concluded, and the result is that he will be finally placed on the retired list.— Twenty thousand rebels have surrounded Saati, and it is considered that an attack on that city is imminent. —In the U.S.A. Legislature Assembly the Premier justified the appointment of-the suspended municipal officers to the Sewerage Board, as he was in the possession of certain information which warranted ''the action taken, —The population of Queensland is returned at 367,000. —At London on March 28th consols were quoted at lOlf, New Zealand fives at 105, and ascribed at 104.
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Auckland Star, Volume XIX, Issue 76, 31 March 1888, Page 8
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