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THE FIRST ENGLISH TELEGRAM.

WHAT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN. “ The first English telegram, as it ought to have been,” is published by the Ovens and Murray Advertiser. Some of the items are amusing:— The Tichborne claimant has announced his intention of returning to Australia as soon as he gets clear of the police. From the experience he has gained in “ slumping,” he considers he is sure of a seat in the Victorian Assembly, and a place in the Ministry should Mr Duffy return to power. H.R. H. the Duke of Edinburgh has given orders for the constraction of an immense weddingcake. Slices are to be forwarded to the mayors of the principal Australian towns. President Grant has offered to settle the indirect claims by a personal encounter with Gladstone ; a Cabinet Council is being held to consider the proposal. London, June 24, noon.—Enormous excitement in the City. A telegraphic message just received by the Lord .Mayor, through the Anglo-Australian line, from the Avoca Shire Council. 1 p.m. —The Lord Mayor, sheriffs, two aldermen, and the recorder are in council with closed doors. 2 p.m.—Sir J. Bennett, the sheriff, has gone to call in the Geographer Royal, to ascertain where' Avoca is. 2.30 p.m.—The Geographer Royal says he doesn’t know. 8.30 p.m.—lt has been decided to convene a meeting of the common council, when it will probably be decided to present the president of the Avoca shire, when discovered, with the freedom of the city. A proposal to illuminate the s:reels to-night was not entertained. 6 p.m. —All the evening papers have leading articles on the astonishing incident of the day, and the intelligence has been telegraphed through the country. 8 p.m.—The Duke of Edinburgh has been icspectfuily consulted, and replied that there is a place called Avoca somewhere or other, he believes, in Australia. This gratifying intelligence is considered very satisfactory. Midnight.—The excitement is subsiding.

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Evening Star, Issue 2945, 27 July 1872, Page 4

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THE FIRST ENGLISH TELEGRAM. Evening Star, Issue 2945, 27 July 1872, Page 4

THE FIRST ENGLISH TELEGRAM. Evening Star, Issue 2945, 27 July 1872, Page 4

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