CABLE NEWS.
> (BY ELECTRIC TELEGEAPHrCOPYRioHTv) SPECIAL TO UNITED PKESS ASSOCIATIOnI London, March 18. -* .; The new Oriental Bank pays a divid- ' ..end 0/5 per cent, m April. The Melbourne t and Sydney branches of the Bank have been authorised to purchase any of the creditors claims m Australia for 16s m the £. Mr JVC. Williamson of the firm of ."Williamson, Grarner,- and • Musgrovev theatrical managers, Melbourne, has started for America for the purpose of arranging with Mr Dion Boucicault, the actor, to appear m Australia. Lbrd Rosebery has' invited all* the Agents-General to a dihnef given! by '■ him. . Colonel Fletcher Owen, the new commander for Adelaide, will locally hold the i rank of Brigadier-General./ , Mr George Anderson, Deputy-Master of the Melbourne Mint, will sail for Melbourne m May. ; , ' . " : ' March 20. 1 The Dq,ily'News states that it'is orb^ bable that ' the northern portion of '■ Queensland' will be formed into a Grown [ Colony. .... ...,;., Beulin, March 19. Their Royal Highnesses, "Trine© bf Wales, Duke of Edinburgh, and iPrince . Albert Victor, arrived here to-day from London. .-'■■■■■ ■-...'
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 91, 21 March 1885, Page 2
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171CABLE NEWS. Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 91, 21 March 1885, Page 2
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