CABLE NEWS.
By Telegraph. — Keuter's Copyright
LONDON, July 28.
It is understood th.it the position of Foreign Secretary in the new Ministry has been offered to but declined by Lord Lyons, present British Ambassador in Paris.
The cricket match at Stok«, Australians v. an eleven of England, was drawn, the want of time preventing completion.
July 29
Further appointments to the Ministry include the following : — Lord Halsbury, Lord High Chancellor: Mr. W. H. Smith, Secretary of State for War ; Lord George Hamilton, First Lord of tbe Admit nlty.
Mr Chamberlain made a statement fully endorsing tho promise made by the Marquis of Hartington to support the Conservative Administration in dealing with the Irish difficulty.
HONG KONG, July 28,
A convention has been signed in Pekin, between the British and Chinese Governments, under which China has formally recognised British rule in Bnrmah.
SYDNEY, July 28.
The local steamship companies and owners have decided to propose a reduction in the rates of wages of the seamen, in consequence of the present depressed state of trade. It is feared the terms will not be accepted by the men, and that a crisis will be the result.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume VIII, Issue 1372, 30 July 1886, Page 2
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