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Received Dec 4, 0,50 a.m.
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London, December 2, — In his statement in the House of Lords to-day, Lord,Northbrook also announced that the Government proposed to spend' £5,600,000 during the next five years in building and equipping cruisers, and that this sum would be required in addition to the proposed expenditure upon ironclads and harbor defences. Reoeived Dee 4, 1.40 p.m, BECHUANALAND.
Capetown, December 3.— Mr Uppington, Premier, addressed a publio meeting last night, in which he expressed himself as siding with the Dutch party. He eulogised the action of the Boer raiders in Beohuanaland, and censured the policy of the Governor, Sir Hercules Robinson, The Premier's speech caused great publio indignation, and considerable excitement prevails throughout the colony.
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 5487, 4 December 1884, Page 2
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