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• .. London, May 20. | Jas. Munro.pf Melbourne, at present in London, had an interview with Earl Derby, and. urged. the, necessity for strictly prohibiting the sale of alcoholic liquors to the natives of New Guinea. Earl Der,by promised to.give,his earnest consideration to the matter. "S,

i ' ' y:y/:\0 : : May 22. I The outbreak of cholera iti'Marseilles is sporadic,; or scattered,in tiharabteiv. I' Mr Gar'rick, ' Ageni&e'nerai for 'Queensland, has accepted the decoration of Knight Companion of the' Order of St. Michael and St, r Cteorgei offered lnm by Her Majesty.' ' ■'".' !It is probable that.Col, Richardson, Commandant of the New South Wales contingent, will be created Knight Commander of the Bath. Mr Sargood, Minister of Defence for Victoria; Mr Bray, ex-Chief Secretary for South Australia; also the superior officers who accompanied the N.S.W. contingent to the Soudan will, it is rumoured, be decorated Companions of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. •■•-'

j. Mr f Wilfred Parnell, has been, appointed -British Consul - at ; Navigators! Islands■■:•,;;'' :* ■'■■:■<■ :.%:V; :?:> |wv«;»-j( W '■■ . .'•■■■ May- ! Mr Thurston,' Ooloniai Secretary-for Fiji, has been appointed .LieutenantGovernor of that colony. ' \ •■■ '\ | It is probable that .Sir Arthur Elibank Havelock will be'next Governor 6f Fiji. *;■.• u-:': "■■ I \ ■••"" May 26.; ! Theoable steamer.Stirling, engaged by the British Government as a war crußier, ie now undergoing the necessary alterations at; Malta. . When completed, probably she will.be despatched to Australia. ■ ■ ■ .■;..■