By Electric Telegraph-Copyright.
[special to press association.] Received November Bth. 2.10 p.m» London, November 7. L Navarre, Vicar Apostolic o£ New Guinea, has been promoted to be Bishop of Isseudun (France). The Morning Post urijcs Lord Salisbury to request Prince Bismarck to explain the action of Germany vi respect to Samoa.
It is expected that H.M.S. Tartar, a torpedo cruiser now being completed at Glasgow, will be placed on the Australian station. Recgived November Bth. 9 P.™*. London, November 7. The Governor of German New Guinea has prohibited general settlement. It is proposed to encourage the emigration of Germans with capital, who will lease land for five years'" tenure.
The Papuan syndicate, which has been formed, will have a capital of .£250,000, and will acquire aud develop 500,000 acres of land in British NewGuinea.
The Privy Council has refused Rev, Buzzard (of'the Bitthurst diocese) permission to appeal against his conviction for the abduction of a girl at Bourke, New South Wales.
The tit. James Gazette declares that South Australia is insolvent, and the whole colony is not worth the principal of the debt.
Boehm's statue of her Majesty the Queen has been shipped to Sydney by the Oroya. Mr James Service will be entertained at a banquet on December 7th, at which Lord ltosebcry will preside. Mr Service has booked for Victoria by the steamer leaving ou December 31st.
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Press, Volume XLIV, Issue 6094, 9 November 1887, Page 5
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