CABLE NEWS.
iTiiß MEW" iriALAND TpRPEDQ BOATS.
■ (by elb-trio telegr-phi-oopyrioht.) (keutkr's tbleorams.) . ; London, Bept ; 20* . Sir Anthony Musgrave, the Governor of Queensland, leaves by the steamer Borata, whifeh sails'for Melbourne today. . . ... ...,..- - Admiral Courbet has been appointed Commander-in-Ghief of French operations m Tonquin. The Duke of Cambridge has approved of the following military appointments made m the Victoria land forces.— Major Disney, of the 'Royal' Artillery^ ; as Commandant-; Captain Felldwes, 5-of First ;Batta'ionl Bast Surrey Regiment, as Staff-Officer of Infantry ; and Major Brownntrg, of Rifle Brigade, as BrigadeMajor and Head wf the School of Instruction, j - The four torpedo boats ordered by^the New Zealand Government .have been crmpleted apd launched. .. a trial of, them' has taken place at Greenwich, with results highly successful, dyer 17 knots being run. At the^luncheon which followed the trial, there was a large and. fashionable company.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 249, 22 September 1883, Page 2
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140CABLE NEWS. Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 249, 22 September 1883, Page 2
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