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London, November 10. At a banqtiet, Lord Salisbury, in alluding to Egyptian affairs, paid a bigli tribute to the services of Lord Cromer and General Kitchener^ Berlin,. November 9. Baron Schroeder, the German agent who appealed against the sentence of fifteen years inflicted on him for gross brutality towards the Natives in East Africa, has had the term reduced to five years. Melbourne, November 10. A firm of solicitors here has received a cable message from Johannesburg stating that the High Court of the Transvaal has delivered judgment in a case brought by a representative of the principal goldmining companies in the Rand against the African Gold Recovery Company for the cancellation of the Macarthur-Forrest patents in Africa. Plaintiff's suit was successful. The decision is final, there being no possible appeal from it, consequently the use of the cyanide process will now be free in the Transvaal, and no further royalties can be charged. Sydney, November 10. His Excellency the Governor and Colonel Spalding have sailed by H.M.S. Eiatoomba on an official visit to Norfolk Island. Adelaide, November 10. The first load of new wheat sold at 5s 6d per bushel. The crop yielded five bushels to the acre, but this is considered to be much above the average. Reaping is becoming general throughout the colony, and the crops in some districts are turning out better than was expected.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1289, 12 November 1896, Page 21
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231LATEST CABLES. New Zealand Mail, Issue 1289, 12 November 1896, Page 21
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