HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.
EARTHQUAKE IN FLORENCE. BRILLIANT DEBUT OF AN AUSTRALIAN SINGER. (Per Press Association.) London, May 19. Lord Brassey has sold his yacht Dragon to Lord Lonsdale, nnd will build a yacht in the colony from English designs. He sails in the Sunbeam on June 29t,n. Miss Ada Crossley, an Australian singer, made a brilliant debut in the Queen's Hall, and was recalled twice for each song. The P. and O. Company declare a dividend of 5 per cent on preferred shares and 7 per cent on deferred share. It is believed Newfoundland will become a Crown colony. The annual balance-sheet of the ShawSaville Albion Company shows a profit on the year's operations of £20,000. The London Chamber of Commerce invites Colonial Chambers to join in a Congress ' n June IS'.)3, to discuss the commercial relations between England and the colonies, light railways, steamship nnd cable communication with the colonies, and the proposed Imperial Council. The troopship Juanna has been burned in the Albert docks. Yalparnbo, May 19. The Chilian House ol Parliament has been destroyed by fire, and incendiarism is suspected. Romk, May 17. A strong shock of earthquake was experienced in Florence. A panic occurred, but little harm was donp.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 271, 20 May 1895, Page 2
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203HOME & FOREIGN CABLES. Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 271, 20 May 1895, Page 2
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