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GENERAL NEWS. EUROPEAN AND FOREIGN. t Pt:v Pirxx Assiirhitiun. —< "/'.'/''/'//it ) London", March 5. The Orotava has been floated off and has arrived at Aden. One hundred and three mail bags were sent on from Aden in a soaked condition. The Admiralty has authorised an expenditure of i'loo.ooo at Hongkong Miih the view of making the port a first class naval one. The Belgian Government- has referred to arbitration the claim of Ben Tiilett, labor leader, for compensation 0:1 account of his arrest at Antwerp on the occasion of the dock laborers' agitation last year. Ottawa, March ~>. Mr Laurier, Premier, is consulting bis colleagues as to whether he should visit England to take part in the Queen's diamond celebrations.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 264, 6 March 1897, Page 3
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119CABLES. Hastings Standard, Issue 264, 6 March 1897, Page 3
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