CABLE NEWS.
OUR AGENT-GENERAL ACTIVE. [BT ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. — COPTBIGHT.] [united press association. l London. 11th March. Mr. Perceval, Agent-General for New Zealand, is zealously proclaiming the resources and charms of the colony. Almost the whole of tho Victorian Treasury bills have been disposed of. CALLIOPE KANE. WRECK ON THE CORNISH COAST. I SPECIAL. | London, 11th March. Captain Kane has been promoted to the post of Commodore, and given command of the Calliope on the coast of Africa. A Baring's Estate Trust is being formed, in order to relieve the Bank. The ship County of Salop has been wrecked on the coast of Cornwall. All on board were rescued by means of the rocket apparatus. The Times says that the growth of the North German Lloyd's Shipping Company in Australia is remarkable, one-fourth of the company's fleet now being employed in the trade with the Australian colonies. Latest Intelligence. IMPRISONMENT OF AN M.P. THE BLACKMAILING TUTOR'S PUNISHMENT. I UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. | (Received March 12. 10.35 a.m.) „ m „ London. 11th March. G. W. Hastings, M.P. for East Worcestershire, has been convicted of fraud as a trustee, and sentenced to five years' imprisonment. Morland, the blackmailing tutor at Oxford, has been sentenced to ten years' penal servitude. The Rev. Mr. Pierson will officiate at the Tabernacle till June.
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Evening Post, Volume XLIII, Issue 61, 12 March 1892, Page 2
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215CABLE NEWS. Evening Post, Volume XLIII, Issue 61, 12 March 1892, Page 2
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