AUSTRALIAN CABLE.
(Pbb Elkctbig Telegraph — Copyright.) (Rbutbr's Agency.) [Received 12.30 p.m., May 30th.] Brisbane, May 30. It is stated that the Queensland Government are m possession of information, from authentic sources, to the effect that Milne Bay, New Guinea, has been forcibly seized by a German vessel. Sydney, May 30. The s.b. Tarawera left Sydney on the evening of the 28th. Few Zealand wheat, 2% 8d per bushel j
oats, 2a 3d ; maize, oa. Sugar Company's No. 1 pieces, £26. (Received 1.30 p.m., May 30th.) Melbourne, May 30. A large and enthusiastic meeting wns held m the Town Hall last night to initiate a movement for the erection of a atatuo to tho late General Gordon. Resolutions were unanimously adopted approving of tho project, and a large number of subscriptions were, promised among those present, who numbered fully 4000. The prisoners, Alexander Ross and Milne Smith, who were recently arrested on a charge of being connected m an extensive robbery from the London Chartered Bank at Horsham m March, 1884, were examined yeaterday and were remanded for further evidence.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 3331, 1 June 1885, Page 3
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179AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Timaru Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 3331, 1 June 1885, Page 3
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