CABLE NEWS.
[Special to Press Association.] London, Dec. 9. Professor Joseph N, Lockyer, I,A.S.> the well-known astronomer, attributes the present remarkable sunsets to the presence in the atmosphere of volcanic dust from the Java eruption. Mr Arthur Wellesley Peel, IP., for the Borough of Warwick, has accepted the Government nomination to the Speakership of the House of Commons, The Government of Japan has declined to enter into an alliance with China, but will not allow French warships to coal in Japanese ports. El Mahdi has demanded the submission of the Doubohola tribes. Baker Pasha started for Souakim on Saturday. A duel has taken place between two Italian Deputies; both were badly wounded.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 3336, 11 December 1883, Page 3
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112CABLE NEWS. South Canterbury Times, Issue 3336, 11 December 1883, Page 3
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