CABLE NEWS.
The New Governor of Victoria Queensland Labor Question General (by electric tetkgbaph. — copyright.) (special to united pkrss association.) Loni>ON, March 6. It is rumoured that, the Governor-s-ship of Victoria has been offered to Donald James Mackay, Baron -Eeay, and that he is likely to accept it. It appears that m September last the German Government formally, com-' plaimuT to England "about the alleged! .slave dealing practices of Queensland' and Fiji labor vessels m New Britain j and New Ireland, ! The P. imd O. steamship Parra- ! matt a, from Melbourne,- January 15, arrived at Plymouth on the sth inst. . Tlio Bank of Australasia has^ declared | a dividend for the last lialf-year, at | the rale of 14 per cent, per annum, and places £24,000 to the reserve. ! A large influx of gold for North! America is .now beiug- e3?peiiencc4. !
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 90, 11 March 1884, Page 2
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139CABLE NEWS. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 90, 11 March 1884, Page 2
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