CABLE NEWS.
m SPEOIAL TO UNITED PHKBB ASStCIATION. BY ELECT UIO TELKGRaPU. —COPYRIGHT London, June 9. The Redistribution of Seats Bill has been passed by the House of Lords. The claims put forward by Germany to thy town of St. Lucia, on the sea coast of Northern Zululaud, and which wan recently annexed by Groat Britain, have bran withdrawn. 'the Fr.riu'h dumber «f Deputies hare j adopted the Scrutin de Lute. The new dredge btiiit for the Melbourne Harbour Board has had a highly satisfactory trial. In couseqiienoe of the Sultan »f Zanzibar's action iv opposing the proUctorate recently eeUhliaheJ by Get many ov«r the territory to the northward of Zanzibar, it is expected that that town will be bombarded hy German war ressels at present m the neighborhood. Tenders for the Adelaide loan of £1,560,400 w.re opened to-day, when the amount tendered for was about twice the amount required. The price of the loan was less favorable than was anticipated. There were 537 tenderers for the South Australian loan, covering £3,800,000. A syndicate tendered for one million aud a half. Tenderers at £100 6a will receive 32 per cent.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 12, 12 June 1885, Page 2
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190CABLE NEWS. Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 12, 12 June 1885, Page 2
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