CABLE NEWS.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH". — COPYRIGHT.) (SPECIAL TO UNITED PRESS ASSSOCIATION.) London, May 1. Mr E. W. Wallington has been appointed Private Secretary to Lord Carington, the Governor ol New South Wales. Three million six hundred and forty thousaiid pounds' worth of New Zealand consols have been converted. The shin Juno, bound to Melbourne, has been burnt at sea. A portion of the crew have been saved. The Daily News denies that Point Hamilton has been occupied by the British. , Parliament has approved of the commercial treaty entered into with Spain, whereby England agrees to extend to Spanish wines containing thirty degrees proof spirit, the Is per gallon scale at present charged on wines of twenty-six degrees. The health of General Grant is improving. In consequence of the frequent, interruptions on the present Tasmanian cable, it is intended to lay another one.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 127, 4 May 1885, Page 2
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142CABLE NEWS. Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 127, 4 May 1885, Page 2
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