CABLE NEWS.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. — COPYRIGHT.") I (SPECIAL TO UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) t London, Dec. 5. , Twelve Chinese mon-of-war have been ordered to the Island of Formosa, to take part m the operations against the French there. Several members of the crew of the ship Berengaria, which went ashore on the coast of Essex, and a passenger named Grey, have been rescued. The captain, second mate, pilot, and eight of the crew are still reported as missing. Two hundred thousand salmon ova will be forwarded to Tasmania m January. The new OrientalJ3ank propose to is- . sue 80,000 £3,5 special shares. On receiving the liquidator of the old bank will assign the assets. The Australian Squadron will be augmented shortly by H.M. sloop Gannet, six guns, 1130 tons, at present lying at Malta, where her furnace plates are \indergoing repairs. The Chinese are claiming repeated successes over the French troops m Tonquin. The Orient steamers will now call at Naples, they having ceased to visit there m September last on account of the outbreak of cholera. In consequence of the Australian Station being made an Admiral's station, Commodore Erskine will be selected for an early command. Mr Joshua Ives, the recently appointed Professor of Music to the Adelaide University, sails on January Ist.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 8, 8 December 1884, Page 2
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212CABLE NEWS. Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 8, 8 December 1884, Page 2
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