CABLE BRIEFS.
(Per Press Association.—Copyright.) London, Dec. 4. The Vicar of Bathampfcou, a suburb of Bath, in a letter to The Times, appeals to the colony of New South Wales to take steps to worthily mark the last resting place cf Admiral Phillips, as one of the makers of Greater Britain. At the wool sales to-day there was a good attendance, all round prices being firmer. There were no withdrawals. The sales close on Monday. Presiding at a meeting of the British Empire Trade League, the Duke of Devonshire said the Government should arrange for the enrolment of colonial seamen in the naval reserve. Addressing a meeting of Liberals at Salford, Surrey, Mr Herbert Gladstone said that if they desired to win the next election they must be Liberals first and Home Rulers and Local Optionists afterwards, and added that the question as to the House of Lords' power to vote was of first importance. It has transpired that the crew of the Margate life-boat drowned during the recent gales neglected the use of their life-belts. A French Anarchist named Brosette has been murdered at Long Acre, London. He was suspected of being a spyit is reported from Berlin that Great Britaiu has inquired if Germany is willing to cede her protectorate rights in New Guinea. A reply was given in the negative.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 494, 6 December 1897, Page 3
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223CABLE BRIEFS. Hastings Standard, Issue 494, 6 December 1897, Page 3
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