BRITISH AND FOREIGN.
pur KT.Knrnir. TKT.KnRArn—MPYKiuHrA [Per Press Association.! DIPLOMATIC. LONDON, August 26. Mr Conyngham Greene, secretary of the British Legation in T-hor.iT<, succeeds Sir Jacobus tie AVofc ua British Agent in Pretoria. THE AUSTRALIAN SQUADRON. August 27. H.M.S. Tribune which has been attached to the Chatham station, is beinjj reiitted prior to being '•omtnißsioned for the Australian station. MAIL CONTRACTS. The Duke of" Norfolk, PostmasterGeneral, will forwar-1 the mail tenders! for the Australian service to the \ colonies for the consideration of the colonial Governments. SOUTH SHETLAND .ISLANDS. It is stated that the Argentine Republic will occupy the South Shetland Islands, south of Cape Horn, in December. THE MATABRLE REBELLION. Mr Chamberlain has been officially informed that the .Matabele rebellion is over, though riiany'impis still remain intact. THE SOUDAN CAMPAIGN. CAIRO, August 27. General Kitchener has occupied Absarat. M'KINLEY'S POLICY. WASHINGTON. August 27. . Mr M'Kinley, in accepting nomination ior the Presidency, denounced the dangers and the falsity of free coinage, ..and favoured a sound currency in the strongest terms.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5655, 28 August 1896, Page 3
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