News in a Nutshell.
A happy Rew Yearto all. Lord Knutsford, Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1 lates that at present there is no one specially in view to succeed Lord Onslow. The B'g Pump is stopped for a general overhaul. "^ With reference to the old soldiers' olaimi, we learn that tbo Minister of Lands hopes to be able to issue the Fcrip to those entitled, towards the end of January, or early in February. It is said that the Government has sent to England for 2000 of the p'OJent regulation riflas of the British Araiy - the Motford-Lee— and for 1,000,000 rounds of rimrouniiion for th^m.
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Thames Star, Volume XXIII, Issue 7071, 31 December 1891, Page 2
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107News in a Nutshell. Thames Star, Volume XXIII, Issue 7071, 31 December 1891, Page 2
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