CABLE NEWS.
London, June 8. London, Bth June. Arrived—Ships Guinevere, Norman MacLeod, Asterion, Invercargill and Mataura, from New Zealand ports. Preparations for the festivities and illuminations in celebration of her Majesty’s Jubilee are being actively carried on in Loudon and the provinces. It is announced that the festivities will be attended by the King and Queen of the Belgians, Kino George of Greece, King Christian of Denmark, King Albert of Saxony, the Crown Prince and Princess of Germany, Prince Rudolph, Crown Prince of Austria, the Grand Duke Sergius of Russia, and the Duke of Aosta, who will represent the King of Italy. The other European nations will bo represented on the occasion by Princes and distinguished personages. The followers of Mr Parnell have declined to attend the services at Westminster Abbey on the occasion of the celebration of the Queen’s Jubilee. Sidney, June 8. The German squadron, consisting of H.l.M.’s ships Bismark, Carolga, Olga, and Sophie, arrived in the harbor this evening from Capetown. The captain of the Olga died suddenly of apoplexy while the vessel was entering the Heads.
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Wairarapa Standard, Volume XX, Issue 2080, 13 June 1887, Page 2
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180CABLE NEWS. Wairarapa Standard, Volume XX, Issue 2080, 13 June 1887, Page 2
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