CABLE NEWS.
(BY ELECTRIC TBLEGBArH--OOPYRIGHT.) (SPFCIAL TO UNITED PRESS A83OOIAXION.) London, October 1. . Major H. Counley, of the Royal Engineers, sails via Sin Francisoo on the 12th instant, having been appointed to supervise the construction of the New Zealand harbor defences. The Admiralty have advised the Victorian Government to retain the Nelson as a training ship. The New Victorian- gunboatvChilders, Victoria, and Albert, sail togeih -r for Melbourne, via Torres Straits, m January. The New Zealand Shipping ', Company's second steamer, the Adrangi,, has been launched oh the Clyde, j The members of the French Ministry are now squabbling amongst the. raseives as to who is to blame for the Alfonso fiasco. President Gievy threatens to resign. < The official report of the Soujh Aos~ tralian loan is that three millions three hundred and six thousand six hundred pounds was tendered for, All 1 above £98 17s 6d secure full allotment, and £98 17s get about 82 per cent., the average price is £98 19s 9d. • October 3. An active Tory electioneering campaign is proceeding/ ; M. Lacour, the French Minister ©f Foreign affairs, has declined the latest proposals made on behalf of China.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 259, 5 October 1883, Page 2
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191CABLE NEWS. Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 259, 5 October 1883, Page 2
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