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»~M [REUTERS TELEGRAMS.] Bv Electric Telegraph—Copyright. DELIVERY OF SAN FRANCISCO MAILS. SIR PETER LUMSDEN CONFERRED WITH THE G.C.B. NAPIER HARBOUR LOAN. RAGE OF THE CHOLERA IN SPAIN. (Received July 6, 1.15 a.m.) London, July 4. The New Zealand mails dated Auckland, May 26th, via 'Frisco, weie delivered here yesterday. It is announced that Sir Peter Lumsden, British representative on the Afghan Frontier Delimitation Commission, has had the Grand Cross of the Bath conferred upon him. The Guards who have been at Alexandria for some weeks past have now left that place, and have proceeded to Limasol, in Cyprus. Tenders are invited on behalf of the Napier Harbour Board for a loan of £300,000 at 5 per cent., the minimum for which has been fixed at par. Tenders will close on July 13th. Madrid, July 4. The cholera continues to rage with great violence. The number of cases reported throughout the country this week is 9000, of which 4000 had a fatal termination. [special to press association.] London, July 1. The Diet of the Duchy of Brunswick have rejected the claims of the Duke of Cumberland to the dukedom. Lord Carnarvon has been sworn in as a member of the Salisbury Ministry. Russia is actively engaged in completing the railway between Kizil Arvat and Merv. Germany and the other Powers have restrained M. de Freyciner, French Minister of Foreign Affairs, from passing the Marquis of Salisbury at present, regarding Egyptian affairs.
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Kumara Times, Issue 2742, 6 July 1885, Page 2
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