HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.
NATIONAL DEFENCE. THE NEWFOUNDLAND CRISIS. ! E\~\THQUAKE SHOCK AT MALTA. [Per Press Association]. Cat bo. May 14. The Khedive will visit London and Paris in June. London, May 14. The Oriental Steamship Company, of 84, Leadenhall street, proposes to wind up. A pamphlet issued by the Imperial Federation Defence Committee states that the colonies, with a revenue of £43,000,000, contribute only 2Jd to each £1 Great Britain spends on general naval defence, and blames Great Britain for not asking the colonies to pay a greater share of the expense. St. John's, May 14. The Chief Justice of Newfoundland, in his judgment relating to the bribery and corruption in the districts favorable to Sir W. Whiteway, the lex-Premier, said it was apparently adopted to gaiu the support of other districts. Malta, May 14. A slight shock of earthquake has been experienced here.
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Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 314, 15 May 1894, Page 2
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143HOME & FOREIGN CABLES. Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 314, 15 May 1894, Page 2
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