GABLE NEWS.
n Special to Star." [BBUTEBS TKLKGBIMB.I London, May 28, It is announced that the Admiralty have definitely adopted the Brennan torpedo, which is th« invention ef an Australian engineer. An important conference was held at the Admiralty yesterday between the Colonial Agents-General aid Admiral Sir Ceoper Key, Senior Naval Lord oa tho subject of colonial defences. The directors of tke Bank of England, to-day, resolred to redace the bank rate from 2£ to 2 per cent. Merawai, a lowa 30 miles below the Fonrtb Cataract on the Nile, has beea evacuated by the British. Tenders are invited oa behalf «f the New Zealand Government for a loan of £1,500,000 at 4 percent. The minimum is fixed at 97}. The tenders close on the 4th June. It is transpired that the conference which was held ea Wednesday between the Colemal Agents-General, and the senior Naval Lord of the Admiralty, was merely to ascertain hew many torpedoes woild be required for the defence scheme of each colony. A second conflict has occurred im Pans between the Communists and police over the funeral of Victor Hugo. The treaty between France sad Chiaa has been agre«d to. Received May 30, 1 a.m. TxNVBirFB. May 28. The New Zealand Shipping Company's SimuUka sailed this morning for New Zealand, calling st the Cape of Geod Hope.
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Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 148, 30 May 1885, Page 2
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222GABLE NEWS. Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 148, 30 May 1885, Page 2
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