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| ♦ ! BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.— COPYRIGHT.} I [EEUTER'S TELEOBA.MB.] j LONDON, Nov. 19. j Sir Thomas Brassey has been ap- ! pointed Secretary to the Admiralty, ! vice Mr Campbell Bannerman. j Mr Stuart, the Liberal candidate, j was elected for Hackney constituency, i the seat for which was rendered vacant j by the death of Professor Fawcett, by i a majority of 6000 votes.
CAIEO, Nov. 19. Small-pox of a mild type has appeared among the British troops at Dongola.
[Special to Press Association.] j LONDON, Nov. 20. Mr P. W. Chesson, Secretary of the Aborigines' Protection Society, has urged upon Major- General Scratchley the necessity for enquiring into the recent kidnapping of Natives from New G-uinea. Major - General Scratchley replied that he had been chiefly appointed as High Commissioner for the purpose of protecting the Native inhabitants, and lie also felt confident that the Colonies would assist him in his endeavours to" suppress the kidnapping practices. j At the Berlin Congo Conference ' the German Government has decided '
to recognise the neutrality of the Congo. 0 In consequence of the firm action of the English authorities in despatching troops to the Isle of Skye, the effect has been to overawe the crofters there. Cholera has appeared in Toledo and Barcelona in Spain, but is now abating in Paris.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5165, 21 November 1884, Page 3
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