CABLE NEWS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume IX, Issue 1605, 21 April 1887, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

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LONDON, April 19. It is announced that James Lorimer, Victorian Minister for Defence and delegate at the Imperial Conference, will be created a Knight Commander of St. Michael and St. deorge.

MELBOURNE, Apiil 20.

It has been reported to the exhih'ilion commissioners that the King of Hawaii is desirous of visiting Australia during the time of tho Centennial Exhibition.

HOBART, April 20.

The s.s. Aoransi, arrived at noon today, all well. She brings niuefcy passengers for New Zealand ports.

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LONDON, April 18.

M. Flomens, the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, has opened the Astronomy Congress. The Protection v. Freetrade struggle which ha? been going on in the Swedish Diet has resulted in a complete victory for the upholders ol 3?re< trade. Baron Nordenksjold, who purposes lead- | ing an expedition to the Antarctic Ocean, hopes to start at Christmas. The Daily News advocates the establishment of a colonial penny postage system. Mr. Deakin is inquiring into the general mode of workinsj the piisons and asylums in this country. The French press have resumed their furious onslaught ou England. The charges corapri-^e quite a variety of sins against the French nation. The Daily Telegraph announces the suspension of Messrs. Munn and Stog.lale, Austra'ian merchants. Th-j liabilities are estimated at i'Bo,ooo to £100,000. The prospects of a favorable liquidation depend chiefly upon reulismg goods in Melbourne. The Mahdi offo.s to become, tnlmtiry to the Sultan provided the Soudan is allowed to remaiu indep rdent of Egypt. A Russian fleet of fif'eaa men-of-war is preparing for sen. A French jonrnal'st st.ibbol Marshal Bazaiiid in the head, l.ut the wound is not serious.