TELEGRAMS.
CABLE NEWS. (own correspondent.) London, Oct 8. The French election successes of the Opposition candidates in the Provinces, as against the towns, has been the means of defeating the present Government. Damage to the extent of £soo,ooo was caused through the Charterhouse fire It is announced that the territory of the King of Dahomey, on the West Coast of Africa, has been placed under a Portuguese protectorate at the request of the King of Dahomey. October 9. A joint resolution has been adopted by the Roman Catholic Bishops, condemning the outrages and boycotting which have been prevalent in Ireland? recently. President G-revy insists that the Cabinet shall remain intact until the result of the ballot is known. New York, Oct. 10. The death is announced, at the age of 75, of Cardinal John McCloskey, Archbishop of New York. The operations which have been carried on for some years past by the United States Marine Department with the view of clearing the course of the East River channel were successfully finished to-day, when no less than nine acres of reef in what is known as Hell Gate was successfully removed by dynamite.
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Poverty Bay Independent, Volume I, Issue 61, 13 October 1885, Page 2
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192TELEGRAMS. Poverty Bay Independent, Volume I, Issue 61, 13 October 1885, Page 2
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