CABLE NEWS.
By Eleotkio Telegraph. — Copyright
(per press association.) ' LONDON, June 17. The Government do not intend to proclaim a public holiday on tbe date of the wedding of the Duke of York and Princess May. Recognition of the colonial title of 11 Hon." throughout the British Empire is gazetted. LONDON, June 18. Tbe race for the Alexandra Plate on Saturday resulted — Brishey Park 1, Insurance 2. These were the only starters. PARIS, June 18, News has been received that a French escort, while conducting a Siamese Mandarin prisoner across the Mekong river, was massacred by the Siamese at the instance of the Mandarin. The French press demands tbat a punitive expedition be despatched at once. Tbe French Government demand credit of five million francs to relieve the distress oaused by the drought. A French squadron has been despatched to Siam. MELBOUENE, June 18. The Seamen's Union ballot wili be beld next week on tbe question ot reduction of wages. The Banks of Viotoria and the City of Melbourne re»open to-morrow. ADELAIDE, Jane 19. Another case of smallpox is reported among tbe passengers by Wooloomooloo.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XX, Issue 2459, 20 June 1893, Page 2
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185CABLE NEWS. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XX, Issue 2459, 20 June 1893, Page 2
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