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THE PROPOSED CESSION OF RAPA ISLAND.

AUSTRALIAN RIFLEMEN IN ENGLAND. PROSPECTS OF NEW SOUTIT WALES LOAN. London, July 10. The Dnke of Cambridge has privately inspected the New. South Wales Court at the Exhibition. The French Press are opposing the proposed cession of Rapa Islaud. The despatch of Sir Graham Berry to Lord Rosebery respecting tho N6\v Hebrides follows on the same lines as that of Sir Andrew Clark, who was Acting AgentGeneral for Victoria. Lord Hosebevy replied that he is doing his utmost m the matter. The Australian shooting team m practice is shooting above the average of the te*vn that won the Kalapore Cup last year. The news that New South Wales was about to place a loan on the market caused a surprise, but. its prospects ate considered better than when that Colony placed a lpan m the market iv October last. Sir Saul Samnel is of opinion that the loan will be obtained at over £94. Obituary— Rev, Joseph Parbnry Chown, minister of Bloomsbnvy Baptist Chapel, London.

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Marlborough Express, Volume XXII, Issue 163, 13 July 1886, Page 2

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THE PROPOSED CESSION OF RAPA ISLAND. Marlborough Express, Volume XXII, Issue 163, 13 July 1886, Page 2

THE PROPOSED CESSION OF RAPA ISLAND. Marlborough Express, Volume XXII, Issue 163, 13 July 1886, Page 2