The telegraph works between Canton and Hong Koug are proceeding smoothly, though there is still need of the force of 200 soldiers to overawe the hostile villagers. There are now 1387 poles erected and about 67 miles of wire laid. ' Lieutenant Baker, of H.M.S. Duncan, put-on his trial by court-martial on the charge of being drunk, while oh duty, has been found " Guilty," and sentenced to 10-e two years' seniority, and to be dismissed from his ship. An explosion occurred at a dynamite manufactory at La Peruoca, m the province of Leon, Spain. Seven persons were killed, end five injured,
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 237, 8 September 1883, Page 2
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