ENGLISH AND FOREIGN.
[by elkctbio telegraph— oopymonT. ] bbuteb's telegbams. Received July 2, 1 a.m. London, June 30.— In the House of Commons last night, Sir Wm. Vernon Harcourt introduced a bill to provide for the institution of- a local- government board in Scotland. Latest intelligence from, Damietta states that the cholera continues to rage without abatement. Vessols proceeding through the Suez Canal will not touch at any port in Egypt. Strict quarantine is being maintained at all Continental ports, and at Malta and Gibraltar. Mr luce, Liberal candidate, has been elected for Hastings, a vacancy having occurred in the representation of that conatitu- ; enoy by the resignation of C. J. Murray, Conservative member. At the annual dinner of the Cobden Club to-day, Sir Baul Samuel, Agent* General of New South Walesy in responding to the j toast of " The Colonies," said that if the intercolonial tariffs were made fiscal and not protective, he was certain that free trade would soon be the policy of all the colonies. —Sir John Hay made a speech, in which he expressed the hope that a commercial federation between Great Britain and the colonies would be t rough t about. New York, June 29. — The Immigration Board of this city bai shipped back to Ireland several pauper families recently arrived. (BPZCIAL TO UNITED PBESS ASSOCIATION.) London, June 27.— The following are the names of all the persons drowned in tire Waitara : — Passengers : Martin Cheek, Arthur Noble, Alice Haylor, Mary Haylor, Charles Hill, Prudence Hill, Leonard, Collineon, Louisa Oliphant, Peter Bartley, John Wilkes, Isabella Wilkes, John Wilkes, Jan. Crew : Mr Saunders, second officer ; Coterill, apprentice ; Stock, chief steward ; Seabrook and Cooper, cooks ; Bowker, sail* maker ; Christian, Ogilvie, Burke, Smith, Hodgson, Hay, Langham, and Orminaton, seamen.
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XVII, Issue 5101, 2 July 1883, Page 2
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289ENGLISH AND POBEIGN. Wanganui Herald, Volume XVII, Issue 5101, 2 July 1883, Page 2
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