GENERAL NEWS.
EUROPEAN AND FOREIGN. (fW Aw l iati'm. —(_'<•)>!<> i'jht.) London, Hay 17. J Platt-Betts, the famous English cyclist, at the Crystal Palace, beat the world's records from two to five miles. Mr F. C. Leloux, the South African explorer, expresses the opinion that the introduction of settlers into the unoccupied territory south of Zanzibar is the only way of securing British supremacy in South Africa. Madrid, May 17. The Spanish Government is increasthe war budget by 8,000,000 pesotos.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 325, 18 May 1897, Page 3
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79GENERAL NEWS. Hastings Standard, Issue 325, 18 May 1897, Page 3
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