LATEST CABLE NEWS,
[Eeuteb's_Special to Star.]
LONDON, May 2. Her Majesty the Queen paid a visit to Huguenden Manor, the residence of the late Earl Beaconsfield,- and viewed his Lordship's grave. There has been an alarming increase of small-pox in London of late. A great many deaths have recently occurred from the disease, and a number of persons are ; now stricken down. It amounts to an epidemic. The Radical members of the House of Commons are strongly opposed to the proposal to be made shortly by the Premier that funds be voted for the erection of a monument to the late Earl Beaconsfield in Westminster Abbey. A second sculling match has taken place between Edward Trickett and an oarsmau named Kirby, and resulted in an easy victory for Trickett. CAPETOWN, April 30. News has been received from Basutos land that the mediation of Sir Hercules P.^binson, with a view to bring about a settlement of the difficulties of that country, has been successful. The Basuto chiefs have now agreed to the proposals for peace which were submitted by his Excellency, and hostilities between the Cape forces and the Basutos have finally ceased.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume II, Issue 110, 4 May 1881, Page 2
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