AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.
Melbourne, August 4. The portfolio of Postmaster-General in Mr. Berry's Ministry is still unfilled. It is expected that Sir John O'Shannassy will assume an independent attitude in the Assembly during the present session. In the re-election of Ministers several are beiug opposed. Cooktown, August 4. The Eastern Australian Mail Co.'s steamship Norraanby arrived from Singapore with the Torres' Straits mail. She brings the following items of Eastern news : — CHINESE PREPARING FOR WAR. The Chinese preparations for war with Russia continue. The Prince King and Viceroy of Kansu still maintain their ascendency, and there is reason to believe the warlike feeling is undimiuished at Pekin. Six thousand French troops will occupy Tonquin, in Cochin China, in September. Piracy is rife at the present time in Chinese waters.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3505, 5 August 1880, Page 2
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128AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS. Taranaki Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3505, 5 August 1880, Page 2
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