CABLE NEWS.
(By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (Per Press Association.) VICTOEIAN AGENT-GENEEAL. London, May 14. Mr Copeland has been installed as New South Wales' Agent-General. DEATH OF A WELL-KNOWN CRICKETER. Obituary—Tom Hearne, cricketer. ; FRENCH ENTERPRISE. j Noumea, May 14. ' Advices have been received from France that ten million francs is to be expended on public works on the island. These will include large docks and a railway. FRENCH NATIONALISTS. Paris, May 14. The French Nationalists secured a majority at Paris in the municipal elections, but no responsibe Header has been chosen. They had no "success in the provinces. MOUNT LYELL COAL. Melbourne, May 15. It is understood the Mount Lyell Company has received the contract with the Onion S.S. Company, for coal and coke for smelting works for two years commencing from January next.
BANQUETTED. Ladnceston, May 15. Mr Irvine, local manager of the Union S.S. Company was banqueted prior to his departure to fill an appointment in Auckland.
Brisbane, May 15. There is a disastrous drought in the western districts, and stock are dying wholesale.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 6698, 16 May 1900, Page 2
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174CABLE NEWS. Manawatu Standard, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 6698, 16 May 1900, Page 2
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