LATE CABLE NEWS.
m [Aqk Specials.] (united press association.) London,. Nov. 20. Lord Derby has decided to refuse the application of certain German owners j of property m Fiji, who had appealed for compensation for the alleged loss of their land. The report that 300 Chinese troops had attacked the French position at Hark Quong and had been defeated, after an engagement lasting for several hours, proves by later ad » ices to have been unfounded. The statement' that a secret treaty has been discovered between China and the Black Flags is ulso said to be without foundation. M. Jules Ferry, the French Piemier, has decided to despatch M. Corneaux on a special mission to the Australian Colonies and New Caledonia.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 6, 5 December 1883, Page 2
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