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(Received at 2 a.m.) ENGLISH CABLE. [Per Electric Telegraph— Copyright.] [Reuter's Agency.] [Received 1 a.m., Juno 20th. J London, June 19. In the House of Commons last night, Sir Stafford Northcote moved that the Right Hon. John Bright be committed for breach of privilege, for having, m the course of his recent addresß at Birmingham, accused the Tories of being m alliance with Irish rebels. The motion, however, waa rejected. The representatives m London of the North British Borneo Company have denied the truth of the report, current yesterday, regarding the massacre of the Company's employees by natives of tho Island. The Agents-General of the various Australian Colonies and New Zealand are strongly urging the annexation of the New Hebrides Group by the Imperial Government. The difficulty m the way of carrying the project into execution, consists m an agreement between England and France to refrain from annexing any islands m the Pacific. »
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Timaru Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 2727, 20 June 1883, Page 3
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