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f Special to the Standard.J [by cable.] London, Nov. 14. The vote for the arming and de-. fence of coaling stations has been largely increased. Lord Carnarvon stated that Melbourne and Sydney were m a position of confident security. Nov. 15. The frozen meat ex ship Dunedin is selling at 6|d per pound. The reluctance displayed by the Bank of England to issue sufficient hundred pounds scrips of the New South Wales 3 per ceut.loan has impeded business. : Dr Taylor, a celebrated scientist, •will deliver a series of lectures m Australia m April next. - i At the wool sales good crossbreds are firm, ; inferior arid faulty wools are weak. £1 ,000 bales have beqn . catalogued and 3200 withdrawn. Prices remain unchanged. ;-' Parleying is proceeding between the Powers m reference to the long occupation of Egypt by the British. The arrivals of w.heat cargoes have increased and a few continental sales: have taken place at \ 3ss, ex warehouse 365. i Nov. 16. ' JPrince Bismarck's organ urges: the French Government to annoy by the wholesale shipment of convicts to New Caledonia. \ T/he Stamdakd states that Mr Gladstone has \ given a written pledge to introduce the Redistribution Bill immediately and unconditionally. •' In consequence of : this the Lords have decided to proceed with the Franchise Bill. ; ! The Times m an article favors _tbfiVscheme of the new Oriental JBanT tW~tTir L|raf^e~^*Tempngthe assets of the old one. •■ ";•'• •■- - . ■■■ NbvJl7.. ; From the Ist of January next the Greenwich observatory will alter the reading of time by the clock so that -the hours will be read up to 24 o'clock. •'•■• Fred J. Archer, the well-knowii; jockey, is about to visit Australia. . .■ The objects of the International Congress sitting at Berlin, are the free navigation of the rivejrs Congo and Niger, and also to define a process of annexation m West Africa. Sir *E. B. Malet is insisting ■> that England should supervise the navigation of the Niger. The floating of the Willawie 'Pastoral Company has been postponed for 13 months and the deposits on shares have been returned to the applicants. At the Statutory meeting of the shareholders of the new Oriental Bank Company there was a large attendance.; Nearly one-half of the capital has been subscribed. 31,000,300 shares have, been allied of which number 20,000; go to Australia. ! Henry Forbes leader of the expedition .organised under the auspices of the Royal Geographical Society; for« the purpose of exploring jthe Owen Stanley ranges m the South- ■' Eastern end of New Guinea. will sail about Christmas and will land first at Reid Scarbay near port Moresbay. ■ \ The several Agents r Gerieral interview Lord Derby on Tuesday next respecting the Recidiviste scheme. . " i: '■"' •
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Manawatu Standard, Volume VIII, Issue 137, 20 November 1884, Page 3
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