LATE CABLE NEWS.
[united press association.] London, September 17. The issue of £500,000 worth of debentures is projected by the Queensland Land Company. Mr Todd, Postmaster-General and Superintendent of Telegraphs, South Australia, has been invited to contribute a paper on the construction of the overland telegraph line to Port Darwin, at the next meeting of the Royal Colonial Institute. The New York Maritime Exchange appeals to President Cleveland to endeavor to subsidise the San Francisco line. The strike amongst the employees of Sir William Armstrong's factory, Elswick, has now bean satisfactorily settled. The Hon. D Plunkett, Secretary of Works, opposes Irish separation^ ' Forty-nine .guinea?, per cent is now charged for underwriting the ship Bengollyn, 1188 tons, which left London for Adelaide on the 28th April. The frozen meat by the s.s Rimutaka is selling at 4|d^erlb. - :v ;; ; ■■; September 18. - Mr .Vioary,:Gibbs, barrister, ,has been elected direotoi? of the Queensland Na«. iipiaai B&t^Ti . "V - ... ■"': ■ ",[.
The Spanish Government is making purchases of ftruisers and torpedoes. Sir Michael Hicks-Beach states that the Government will support Mr Parnell. ■
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Grey River Argus, Volume XXXI, Issue 5299, 21 September 1885, Page 2
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174LATE CABLE NEWS. Grey River Argus, Volume XXXI, Issue 5299, 21 September 1885, Page 2
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