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/"Special to the Standard.) London, July 16. All the shares m Vesey Stewards Rotorua Railway Company have been subscribed. Earl Derby is endeavouring to modify and reduce to a minimun the promises contained m his despatch sent to to the Colonial Governors m May last. , China refuses the indemnity demanded by France for the Langson outrage. The ultimatum by France expires on the 19th. War is apparently inevitable. A torpedo boat for Queensland has been launched. The Colonial office has drafted a Federation Enabling Bill, which mainly agrees with the resolutions passed at the Sydney Conference, but it will be. impossible to introduce the measure until the autumn session. . France is provoking serious disputes with the Finance Committee m the Egyptian conference.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 198, 18 July 1884, Page 3
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