CABLE NEWS.
OUTRAGE ON THE AFGHAN FRONTIER. London, Jane 16. A contract for the construction of 80 miles of the Midland Railway has been virtually let. June 17. The chiefs of the Badahshans, in As beg Tartary, have seized and confined Colonel Lockbard and party, who an engaged upon, the work of delimiting the Afghan frontier. Ur Gladstone has gone to Edinburgh fry prosecute his electoral campaign in Mm. lothian. Ur Gladstone, on his journey to Edinburgh has met with orations at the variena stopping places. The Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company's 8.8. Coptic arrived at Plymouth yesterday evening. Her cargo of frozen mee'„ (g i». ported to be in good condition. A grand review of 20,000 troofu will t* v T place at Aldershot on the 2r.d proximo, before her Majesty the Queen. The leading colonists now in England will’,* pt a, tn t on the occasion. r The frozen meat by the Orient steanur ftena is selling at 6*d, a-ud that by tha Rimutaka at 6}d. The shipment of trait b T y the Bimntaka is in a damaged condition, owing to defective packing.
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Wairarapa Standard, Volume XIX, Issue 1847, 21 June 1886, Page 2
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186CABLE NEWS. Wairarapa Standard, Volume XIX, Issue 1847, 21 June 1886, Page 2
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